SPaMCAST 452 - Personal Process Improvement, Ethics in Software, People

Published: July 23, 2017, 9 p.m.

b'SPaMCAST 452 features our essay on personal process improvement. \\xa0We are responsible for our own path in life. Stepping back and reviewing where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow is a form of a retrospective. \\xa0Just like any other retrospective, the goal is to change the trajectory of the path you are on. \\xa0\\xa0 Kim Pries, the Software Sensei, discusses ethics in software. Ethics guide (or they don\\u2019t) practitioners of all types. \\xa0Many certification organizations include ethics statements but rarely have the teeth to enforce those ethics. \\xa0Kim asks whether this approach makes sense. Anchoring the cast is Jon M Quigley with his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column. \\xa0Jon is beginning a three column theme on the impact of people and learning on product development. One of the places you can find Jon is at . Re-Read Saturday News Today we continue re-reading T led by Steven Adams. \\xa0THis week we dive into Chapter One titled Failed Change: \\xa0The Greatest Preventable Cost to Business? \\xa0The frightening part of this chapter is how intimately it resonates based on personal observation. Remember to buy . \\xa0\\xa0 Previous installments: \\xa0\\xa0 A Call To Action You can help share the Software Process and Measurement Cast! \\xa0If you even got a single new idea this week while listening to the podcast, please give the SPaMCAST a short, honest review in iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you are listening. \\xa0If you leave a review somewhere, please send a copy to . \\xa0Reviews help guide people to the cast! Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 453 \\xa0will feature our interview with James Shore. \\xa0We began with a discussion of the Agile Fluency Model, the concepts, and ideas that led to the model and then got into topics such as whether Agile can ever be method agnostic. \\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.'