SPaMCAST 793 - Value Streams Analysis, Work Intake, Who Can Be A Scrum Master, Essays and Conversations

Published: Feb. 4, 2024, 10 p.m.

As you would suspect, I have recently been talking up Mastering Work Intake which Jeremy Willets and I co-authored. One conversation turned to the topic of whether value stream analysis was useful in controlling work intake. The simple answer is YES across the whole value stream and up and down the hierarchy. We will also have a visit from Kies Kostaqi who brings her \u201cYou Are Not Alone\u201d column to the podcast. In this installment, we discuss whether anyone (within reason) can play the Scrum Master role.\xa0 Mastering Work Intake\xa0 by Tom Cagley and Jeremy Willets\xa0 \xa0 Have you purchased your copy of\xa0 ?\xa0 Doing the right work at the right time can make or break your project, and there are surprisingly few resources to show you how to manage this process effectively - no longer. focuses on the full pipeline that work follows as it enters and exits your organization, including the different types of work that enter at different levels and times. It is a must-read for agile coaches, Scrum Masters, product owners, project and portfolio managers, team members, and anyone who touches the software development process. Mastering work intake involves recognizing that it\u2019s easy to say \u201c yes\u201d and much harder to say \u201c no.\u201d Buy a copy today!\xa0\xa0 J Ross: Amazon (US): \xa0 For physical copies outside of the US and Canada: UK and EU: \xa0 For international orders outside of Europe: (or the Amazon store for your country) \xa0 Re-read Saturday News Chapter Seven, of\xa0 , dives into the nuances of using XmR charts for the basic flow metrics including:\xa0 Cycle Time Throughput WIP WIP Age \xa0 This is a hugely useful chapter. There are three points that I draw out this week.\xa0 They are the difference between XmR and Cycle Time (scatter plot) Charts, chunky data, and Total WIP Age charting. \xa0 Buy a copy and get reading \u2013 .\xa0\xa0 \xa0 Week 1: \u2013 Week 2: \u2013 Week 3: \xa0 \u2013 \xa0 Week 4: \u2013 Week 5: - \xa0 Week 6: - \xa0 Week 7: - \xa0 \xa0 Next SPaMCAST\xa0 The Software Process and Measurement Cast 794 will feature our conversation with Nick Schrock. We discussed data engineering, AI, and entrepreneurship. As the Founder at Dagster Labs, Nick had the perfect standing to talk about three of the hottest topics of 2024.