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b'The Software Process and Measurement Cast 419 features our essay on eight quick hints on dealing with stand-up meetings on distributed teams. Distributed Agile teams require a different level of care and feeding than a co-located team in order to ensure that they are as effective as possible. Remember an update on the old adage: distributed teams, you can\\u2019t live with them and you can\\u2019t live without them. \\xa0 We also have a column from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries. \\xa0In this installment, Kim talks about the \\xa0Fullan Change Model. In the Fullan Change Model, all change stems from a moral purpose. \\xa0Reach out to Kim on . Jon M Quigley brings the next installment of his Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the podcast. \\xa0In this installment, Jon begins a 3 part series on configuration management. \\xa0Configuration management might not be glamorous but it is hugely important to getting work done with quality. \\xa0One of the places you can find Jon is at . Anchoring the cast this week is Jeremy Berriault and his QA Corner. \\xa0Jeremy explored exploratory testing in this installment of the QA Corner. \\xa0Also, Jeremy has a new blog! \\xa0Check out the ! 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 is illustrated through a set of \\xa0crises used to illustrate the common problems that make teams into dysfunctional collections of individuals. The current entry features the sections titled Leaks through Plowing On. \\xa0 Takeaways from this week include: Partial information leads to misinterpretations. \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Executives need to be ultimately loyal to the executive team rather than their siloed organizations. Productive conflict requires facilitation to learn. Visit the to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 420 will feature our interview with John Hunter. \\xa0John returns to the podcast to discuss building capability in the organization and \\xa0understanding the impact of \\xa0variation. \\xa0We also talked Demining and why people tack the word improvement on almost anything! 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.'