SPaMCAST 619 - Aligning People and Culture for Agile Transformation, A Conversation With Joe Schofield

Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 9 p.m.

b'The Software Process and Measurement Cast 619 features the return of Joe Schofield.\\xa0 Joe and I talked about his new book, Aligning People and Culture for Agile Transformation: A Leadership & Change Story ().\\xa0 During our discussion, we talked about how writing the book changes an author and his hope for how people will use the book to understand and create change.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Company: \\xa0 LinkedIn:\\xa0 \\xa0 Email: joescho@cox.net Joe\\u2019s Bio: As an enabler and educator: Joe is an Authorized Training Partner with VMEdu, a Scrum Certified Trainer with SCRUMstudy\\u2122, and a contributor to the Great IT Professional Webinar Series sponsored by Computer Aid, Inc. Joe has over 80 published books, papers, conference presentations and keynotes\\u2014including contributions to the books: The IFPUG Guide to IT and Software Measurement (2012), IT Measurement, Certified Function Point Specialist Exam Guide, and The Economics of Software Quality. He has taught over 100 college courses, 75 of those at the graduate level. Joe has facilitated ~200 teams in the areas of software specification, team building, and organizational planning using lean six sigma, business process reengineering, and JAD. He was a certified instructor for the Introduction to the CMMI for most of the past decade. Re-Read Saturday News\\xa0 I am pretty sure that Steve and Daniel might disagree with me, but I find the concept of full-kitting one of the most important ideas in Tame your Work Flow. Chapter 17 provides more explanation for the concept. My involvement in software development, enhancements, maintenance, package and hardware installation, and configuration has made it very clear to me that flow needs to be a paramount concern. Have you bought your copy of\\xa0 Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron\\u2019s Flow?\\xa0 Use the link to support the authors and blog!\\xa0\\xa0 Week 1: \\u2013 Week 2: (The Story of Herbie) \\u2013 Week 3: \\u2013 \\xa0 Week 4: \\u2013 \\xa0 Week 5: \\u2013 \\xa0\\xa0 Week 6: \\u2013 \\xa0 Week 7: \\u2013 \\xa0 Week 8: \\u2013 \\xa0 Week 9: - \\xa0 Week 10: - \\xa0 Week 11: - \\xa0 Week 12: - \\xa0 Week 13: - \\xa0 Week 14: - Week 15: - \\xa0 The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with a live@Manning event. The \\u201cWomen in Tech\\u201d online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn\\u2019t attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers.\\xa0 October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too. \\xa0 Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 620 is something out of the ordinary. Ola Omiyale and I interviewed Nalin Parbhu, the Founder and CTO of Infuse, and useMango\\u2122. We talked about testing and test automation which is a passion for all three of us. It was also a blast for me to have someone co-anchoring the interview.'