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b'Software Process and Measurement Cast 341 features our essay titled Agile Team Decision Making. Team-based decision-making requires mechanisms and prerequisites for creating consensus among team members. The prerequisites are a decision to be made, trust, knowledge and the tools to make a decision. No one should assume that that team members have the required tools and techniques in their arsenal to effectively make decisions.\\nRemember:\\nJo Ann Sweeney, author of the\\xa0Explaining Change\\xa0column, is running her annual Worth Working Summit.\\xa0 Please visit\\xa0\\nCall to action!\\nReviews of the Podcast help to attract new listeners.\\xa0 Can you write a review of the Software Process and Measurement Cast and post it on the podcatcher of your choice?\\xa0 Whether you listen on ITunes or any other podcatcher, a review will help to grow the podcast!\\xa0 Thank you in advance!\\nRe-Read Saturday News\\nThe Re-Read Saturday focus on Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox\\u2019s\\xa0The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement\\xa0began on February 21nd.\\xa0The Goal\\xa0has been hugely influential because it introduced the Theory of Constraints, which is central to lean thinking. The book is written as a business novel. Visit the\\xa0\\xa0and catch up on the re-read.\\nNote: If you don\\u2019t have a copy of the book, buy one.\\xa0 If you use the link below it will support the Software Process and Measurement blog and\\xa0podcast.\\n\\xa0or\\xa0\\nI am beginning to think of which book will be next. Do you have any ideas?\\nUpcoming Events\\nCMMI Institute Global CongressMay 12-13 Seattle, WA, USAMy topic -\\xa0Agile Risk Management\\nDCG will also have a booth!\\nAlso upcoming conferences I will be involved in include ICEAA in June and SQTM in September. More on these great conferences next week.\\nNext SPaMCast\\nThe next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Ellen Gottesdiener and Mary Gorman.\\xa0 We discussed their great book,\\xa0Discover to Deliver, requirements and Agile.\\xa0 Ellen and Mary are provided penetrating insight into how to work with requirements in an Agile environment from discovery to delivery and beyond.\\nShameless Ad for my book!\\n\\xa0co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: \\u201cThis book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team.\\u201d Support SPaMCAST by buying the book\\xa0.\\nAvailable in English and Chinese.'