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b'Software Process and Measurement Cast 379 features our short essay on the relationship between done and value. The essay is in response to a question from Anteneh Berhane.\\xa0 Anteneh called me to ask one of the hardest questions I had ever been asked: Why doesn\\u2019t the definition of done include value?\\nWe will also have an entry of Jeremy Berriault\\u2019s QA Corner.\\xa0 Jeremy and I discussed test data, and why having a suite of test data that many projects can use is important for efficiency.\\xa0 One question is who should bite the bullet and build the first iteration of any test data library?\\nSteve Tendon completes this cast with a discussion of the next chapter in his book, Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban.\\xa0 Chapter 7 is titled \\u201cBudgeting is Harmful.\\u201d\\xa0 Steve hits classic budgeting head on, and provides options that improve flexibility and innovation.\\nRemember to help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, or your favorite podcatcher/player. Then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts!\\nRe-Read Saturday News\\nWe continue the re-read of by Douglas W. Hubbard on the . In Chapter Seven, we discuss the concept of the economic value of information.\\nUpcoming Events\\nI am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute\\u2019s Capability Counts 2016 conference. \\xa0The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST.\\n\\nNext SPaMCAST\\nThe next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Kim Robertson.\\xa0 Kim and I talked about the big picture configuration management.\\xa0 Kim suggests that the basic need and process for configuration management has not changed since ancient China.\\xa0 Complexity and speed of change, however, has forced changes to the tools and who needs to be involved in the big picture of configuration management.\\nShameless Ad for my book!\\n co-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 nglish and Chinese.'