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The interview in the Software Process and Measurement Cast 43 features the first part of a two part interview the \n\nMike Cohn. Mike is the man when it comes to Story Points and agile estimation. Part two will be included in \n\nSPaMCAST 45.\xa0\xa0 \xa0Mike Cohn is the founder of Mountain Goat Software, a process and project management consultancy and training firm. \n\nHe is the author of Agile Estimating and Planning and User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, as well \n\nas books on Java and C++ programming. With more than 20 years of experience, Mike has previously been a technology \n\nexecutive in companies of various sizes, from startup to Fortune 40. A frequent magazine contributor and conference \n\nspeaker, Mike is a founding member of the Scrum Alliance and the Agile Alliance. He can be reached at \n\nmike@mountaingoatsoftware.com.Contact information: Web Site: http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/Email:\xa0 mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com\n\nCheck out SPaMCAST\u2019s Facebook page and get involved!!!! http://tinyurl.com/62z5elThe essay is titled \u201cWho\u2019s Career Is It Anyway?\u201d\xa0 The essay challenges you to think of yourself as your own brand and to take control of maintaining your brand and career.There are a number of ways to share your thoughts with SPaMCAST: \u2022\xa0\xa0 \xa0Email SPaMCAST at spamcastinfo@gmail.com\u2022\xa0\xa0 \xa0Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111\u2022\xa0\xa0 \xa0Twitter \u2013 www.twitter.com/tcagley\u2022\xa0\xa0 \xa0BLOG \u2013 www.tcagley.wordpress.com\u2022\xa0\xa0 \xa0FACEBOOK!!!! Software Process and Measurement \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 http://tinyurl.com/62z5el\n\nThe essay for the software process and measurement cast 43 is titled \u201cCompound the Interest in Process Improvement\u201d. \n\n I am back on the soapbox touting the relationship between successful process improvement and marketing.\n\nFuture Events and the next Cast. . . I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference. The conference is scheduled for October 14 \u2013 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza. The presentation is titled \u201cOne Size Fits . .\n\n. Someone Other Than Me\u201d. Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.\n\nNext Software Process and Measurement Cast: The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an interview with Manfred Bundschuh. Manfred and Carol Dekkers have just published their book \u201cThe IT Measurement Compendium\u201d. One of the topics we explored was the link between sociology and measurement. If you measure don\u2019t be caught without your ruler for this interview.