SPaMCAST 418 - Larry Cooper, The Agility Series

Published: Nov. 13, 2016, 10 p.m.

b'The Software Process and Measurement Cast 418 features our interview with Larry Cooper. \\xa0Larry and I talked about his project, The Agility Series. \\xa0The series is providing the community an understanding of how Agile is applied and how practitioners are interpreting practices and principles. Reminder: Schedule Change for Vacation, Travel and Holiday Last week I was in Sweden for the with a day of sightseeing thrown in. New listeners joining from the conference: WELCOME. The trip was great, and the conference was awesome and mind-expanding. \\xa0I will publish a review soon. \\xa0Brazil and \\u201c\\u201d is next followed immediately by the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. \\xa0This is the long way of saying that I will be publishing on an every other week basis through November 27th. \\xa0We will be back to weekly posting in December. \\xa0 Larry Cooper\\u2019s BioLarry Cooper is a Project Executive in the public and private sectors in Canada and the USA and holds over 20 industry certifications in Agile, Project Management, and ITIL. His books include \\u201cAgile Value Delivery: Beyond the Numbers\\u201d (which was endorsed by a co-author of the Agile Manifesto) as well as the \\u201cThe Agility Series\\u201d to be published over the next year or two. He was also the Mentor for \\u201cPRINCE2 Agile\\u201d published by AXELOS. Larry has \\xa0been an invited speaker at numerous conferences and symposia for the PMI, BAWorld, and the itSMF. He has presented global webinars with BrightTalk and ProjectManagement.com and authored more than \\xa030 courses including an Agile-oriented curriculum that is sold directly to training companies in Canada and the USA. The first two book in the Agility Series on \\xa0Organizational Agility and Leadership Agility are \\xa0available for free download at as is The Adaptive Strategy Framework Guide. You can join the adventure with the rest of the Wisdom Council for the Agility through their LinkedIn group Re-Read Saturday News The read/re-read of by Patrick Lencioni (published by Jossey-Bass) continues on the . \\xa0Lencioni\\u2019s model of team dysfunctions (we get through most of it this week) is illustrated through a set of crises used to illustrate the common problems that make teams into dysfunctional collections of individuals. The current entry features the sections titled Film Noir and Application. \\xa0 Visit the to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 419 will feature four essays. \\xa0Essays from Kim Pries, Jon M Quigley, Gene Hughson and one from The SPaMCAST will be featured. 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 herenglish and Chinese.'