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b"This week we revisit the age-old statements, \\u201cI don't want to be measured\\u201d and its alter ego, \\u201cmanagement will use metrics against me.\\u201d\\xa0 While often stated as if they are questions, both are positions. We weave in two recent techniques from our Re-read of Agile Conversations to consider the interests behind the statements\\xa0\\xa0 Also, Jeremy Berriault weighs in on the need for testing strategies in agile on this edition of this QA Corner.\\xa0\\xa0 Re-Read Saturday News\\xa0 Week 7 of our re-read of\\xa0 begins Chapter 5 addressing the \\u2018Why Conversation\\u2019. Like the \\u2018Fear Conversation\\u2019, we will approach this in two parts; focusing this week on two areas, positions and interests, and inquiry and advocacy. We will tackle joint design next week.\\xa0 My experiment of the week: I set out to create a fear matrix \\u2013 that sounds like a movie title.\\xa0 I failed, BUT more importantly, I was able to use the fear matrix approach as a structure for a retrospective.\\xa0 It worked well. The idea of exposing and mitigating fears shifted perspectives nicely. Interestingly, what was hard was tying the fears and mitigations to an espoused norm. In conversations afterward, it became apparent that it is hard to admit that your behavior is or was at odds with the norms of the team and organization. It will be worth another conversation to make sure the link is clear.\\xa0\\xa0 Next week, I am going to explore building a position-interest chart. \\xa0 \\xa0 Week 1: - \\xa0 Week 2: - \\xa0 Week 3: - \\xa0 Week 4: - \\xa0 Week 5 - \\xa0 Week 6 - \\xa0 Week 7 - \\xa0 \\xa0 Next SPaMCAST\\xa0 Next week Kevin McKeel will visit the SPaMCAST to talk about AI and software estimation tools. Is this the end of the world for the software estimating profession or the beginning of a golden age?"