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Software Process and Measurement Cast 383 features our essay on peer reviews.\xa0 Peer reviews are a tool to remove defects before we need to either test them out or ask our customers to find them for us. While the data about the benefits of peer reviews is UNAMBIGUOUS, they are rarely practiced well and often turn into a blame apportionment tool.\xa0 The essay discusses how to do peer reviews, whether you are using Agile or not so that you get the benefits you expect!\nOur second segment is a visit to the QA Corner.\xa0 Jeremy Berriault discusses a piece of advice he got from a mentor that continues to pay dividends.\xa0 This installment of the QA Corner discusses how a QA leader can generate and leverage responsibility without formal authority.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nSteve Tendon anchors this week\u2019s SPaMCAST discussing Chapter 8 of Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban\xa0published J Ross. Chapter 8 is titled \u201cCreating A Shared Vision At The Team Level\u201d.\xa0 We discuss why it is important for the team to have a shared vision, the downside of not having a shared vision and most importantly, how to get a share vision.\xa0\nRemember Steve has a great offer for SPaMCAST listeners. Check out\xa0\xa0for a way to get\xa0Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach, and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban\xa0at 40% off the list price.\nRe-Read Saturday News\nThis week we are back with Chapter 10 of by Douglas W. Hubbard on the . In we visited how to use Bayesian Statistics to account for having prior knowledge before we begin measuring. \xa0Most common statistics assume that we don\u2019t have prior knowledge of the potential range of what we are measuring or the shape of the distribution.\xa0 This is often a gross simplification with ramifications!\n\xa0\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 March 15th at 1 PM EST.\xa0\n\n\xa0\nI will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd.\xa0 I will be teaching a full day class on on April 18 and presenting on Wednesday, April 20th.\xa0 !\xa0\nUpcoming Webinars\nBudgeting, Estimation, Planning, #NoEstimates and the Agile Planning Onion\nMarch 1, 2016, 11 AM EST\nThere are many levels of estimation, including budgeting, high-level estimation and task planning (detailed estimation). This webinar challenges the listener to consider estimation as a form of planning.\n\nNext SPaMCAST\nThe next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Gwen Walsh.\xa0 Gwen is the President of TechEdge LLC. We discussed leadership and why leadership is important.\xa0 We also discussed the topic of performance appraisals and how classic methods can hurt your organization. Gwen\u2019s advice both redefines industry standards and provides you with an idea of what is truly possible.\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, for you or your team.\u201d Support SPaMCAST by buying the book nglish and Chinese.