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In SPaMCAST 560 we complete our wide-ranging interview with Al Shalloway.\xa0 We continue our conversations about the troubles dogging classic agile, the Agile Industrial Complex, using a scientific approach to change, and FLEX.\xa0 I recommend that you listen to SPaMCAST 559 before listening to this week\u2019s podcast\xa0 Mr. Shalloway\u2019s bio: Al Shalloway is the creator of FLEX (FLow for Enterprise Transformation), a framework that is a platform for any practices consistent with Flow, Lean, and Agile, including technical practices. Al has made explicit his thought leadership in Scrum, XP, SAFe, Lean, Flow, design patterns and test-first methods into creating FLEX. FLEX takes a scientific approach regarding what methods work best. While it integrates with its own baseline of practices to offer a complete solution to organizations, its architecture enables it to be both tailored as needed to an organization as well as having other consultants integrate their own practices in it. The intention is to create a community of consultants that can offer the services needed by practitioners in a cohesive manner while avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Al is the co-author of 5 books as well as the author of the upcoming book on FLEX. Website: Email: \xa0 Twitter: @alshalloway\xa0 Re-Read Saturday News Why does leadership bring a release home to great adulation only to have the next release crash and burn? Did the leader\u2019s skill change between releases or were other random factors, such as luck, involved. Kahneman suggests a simple formula as a thought experiment.\xa0 Success = skill + luck. Chapter 17 of , Regression To The Mean, discusses correlation and causal interpretation.\xa0\xa0 Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of , please buy a copy.\xa0 Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. ,\xa0 It\u2019s time to get reading!\xa0\xa0 \xa0The installments: Week 1: \u2013 Week 2: \u2013 Week 3: \u2013 Week 4: \u2013 Week 5: \u2013 Week 6: \u2013 Week 7: \u2013 Week 8: - \xa0 Week 9: - \xa0 Week 10:\xa0 - \xa0 Week 11: - \xa0 Week 12: - \xa0 Week 13: - \xa0 Week 14: - \xa0 Week 15: - \xa0 Week 16: - \xa0 Week 17: - \xa0 \xa0 Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 561 will feature our essay on the Daily Scrum.\xa0 The Daily Scrum, sometimes known as a standup, is ubiquitous but it is often a hot mess.\xa0 Let's fix it.\xa0\xa0 We will also have a visit from Susan Parente!