SPaMCAST 413 - Scaling Management, Throughput Accounting, QA Tools

Published: Oct. 3, 2016, 8:18 a.m.

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 413 features our essay on Scaling Agile and Management Styles. \xa0This essay builds on our recent discussion of servant leadership. It is not as simple as adding teams or building a hierarchy. Steve Tendon joins the SPaMCAST this week to discuss Chapter 11 in Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban, published J Ross (). \xa0\xa0We discussed the concept of throughput accounting. \xa0A powerful concept that that focuses on the delivery of value through the overall process. Visit Steve at . We cap this edition of the Software Process and Measurement Cast with a visit to the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy discussed the impact of testing tools. There are significant plusses for using tools\xa0if you don\u2019t let the tools use you! Connect with Jeremy on . \xa0 Re-Read Saturday News We continue the read/re-read of by Patrick Lencioni (published by Jossey-Bass). \xa0The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a business novel that uses a story to get important ideas across to the reader in a less threatening manner. the sections covering the background for the first major team crisis. Lots of behaviors you\xa0might, unfortunately, recognize in teams around you! Visit the to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 414 will feature our interview with Marcus Hammarberg. We often think of Agile as a tool to build or maintain software. \xa0Marcus used Agile techniques to save a clinic and to change lives. \xa0It is an amazing and uplifting story. \xa0 Shameless Ad for my book! 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.