SPaMCAST 425 - Annual Tune-Up Ideas, Leadership, Kanban, Flow and Throughput

Published: Jan. 8, 2017, 10 p.m.

b'Happy New Year! \\xa0 SPaMCAST 425 features our annual tune-up ideas. We need to strive to be more effective and efficient every day or the world will pass us by! \\xa0These are suggestions that have worked for me and might be useful for you. We will also have columns from Steve Tendon with another chapter in his Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban, published by J Ross (). \\xa0Steve and I talked about Chapter 14 which covers kanban, flow, and throughput. \\xa0 Anchoring the cast is Gene Hughson\\u2019s with an entry in his theme of leadership patterns and anti-patterns. \\xa0This week we talk about . Remember that Penny Pullan in SPaMCAST 424 offered listeners a great offer! \\xa0Penny provided a coupon for her new book \\xa0\\xa0for 20% off. \\xa0Use the code \\xa0VLF20 at , which includes post and packing in the UK and the USA. Re-Read Saturday News In this week\\u2019s re-read of \\xa0by Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass, Copyright 2002, 33rd printing), we deliver final thoughts with three final takeaways. \\xa0 Next week we begin the re-read of Carol Dweck\\u2019s , buy a copy this week. Visit the to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 426 features our second annual roundtable. \\xa0Almost all of the SPaMCAST contributors discussed a number of topics, including: Is software quality really one of the most important focuses in IT in 2017? Even though people are adopting agile, is agile as principle-driven movement over? In 2017, will security trump quality and productivity? The multiway discussion was exciting and informative! 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.'