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b'Show 36 is part two of my interview with Phil Armour.\\xa0 The interview focused on estimation and just a bit of philosophy, powerful stuff that may change how you view estimation and the goal of software development.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0Phillip G. Armour is VP for Systems Development and a Senior Consultant at Corvus International Inc.\\xa0 Phil has been developing software for over thirty-five years.\\xa0 He has been a programmer, analyst, project manager, DBA, systems architect, process engineer, metrics engineer, consultant, and executive coach and has worked for organizations as diverse as United Airlines, Motorola, Argonne National Laboratory, General Dynamics, the IRS, the premier software consulting company in India, and the largest cellular service provider in Central West Africa.\\xa0 In the last fifteen years, Phil has personally taught software development techniques and management principles to over 20,000 developers, engineers, managers, and executives.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0Phil\\u2019s primary professional focus is currently in two related areas: software project estimation and software technical team development.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0Since 2000, Phil has been a contributing editor on ACM\\u2019s flagship magazine \\u201cCommunications of the ACM\\u201d and writes a regular column entitled \\u201cThe Business of Software\\u201d where he explores issues to do with the nature and challenges of modern software.\\xa0 He has been on the extended faculty at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame.\\xa0 \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0Phil is also the author of \\u201cThe Laws of Software Process\\u201d published by Auerbach in 2003.\\xa0 He is a member of ACM, IEEE, and the Project Management Institute.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nTelephone:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 (847)-438-1609Fax:\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 (847)-438-1638Email:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe essay is titled \\u201cWhy Should You Care What Is Driving Change\\u201d.\\xa0 The essay is a reminder to process improvement personnel that to be effective you need to understand why you are making a change.\\xa0 I suggest that if you don\\u2019t understand the rationale for change, stop until you do. The text of the essay can be found at .\\xa0 Comments and suggestions are welcome.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThere are a number of ways to share your thoughts: \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n Email SPaMCAST at\\xa0\\n Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111\\n Twitter \\u2013 \\n BLOG \\u2013 \\n !!!! Software Process and Measurement\\n\\n\\nFuture Events and the next . . .\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nConference season is beginning!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nI will be speaking at IFPUG\\u2019s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 \\u2013 Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at .\\xa0 The presentation is call \\u201cCounting Facebook\\u201d and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM,\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nI am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.\\xa0 I will be presenting \\u201cGood Numbers Go Bad\\u201d on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop.\\xa0 Information can be found at \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFinally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference.\\xa0 The conference is scheduled for October 14 \\u2013 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza.\\xa0\\xa0 The presentation is titled \\u201cOne Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me\\u201d.\\xa0 Information can be found at . \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nNext Software Process and Measurement Cast: \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nOn the next SPaMCAST we will feature an interview with Kenji Hiranabe on using Kanban in the software development.\\xa0 Many of you will remember my interview covering mind mapping with Kenji back on SPaCAST 7 (April 2007).\\xa0 That episode continues to be one of the most downloaded.\\xa0 If you missed it I would suggest checking it out.'