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b'Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 83!\\nThe interview in the SPaMCAST 83 is with Gary Gack.\\xa0 We discussed his new book "".\\xa0 The book and the discussion centered on how organizations can improve their effectiveness.\\xa0 Lots of great ideas for orgnaizations at all levels of maturity.\\nGary Gack, is the founder and President of Process-Fusion.net, a provider of e-Learning, Assessments, Strategy advice, Training, and Coaching relating to integration and deployment of software and IT industry best practices. Mr. Gack holds an MBA from the Wharton School and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. In addition he is an ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE), a Certified Scrum Master, a Visiting Scientist with the Software Engineering Institute (2006) where he co-authored the "Measuring for Performance Driven Improvement 1" course for which he is an authorized instructor, and he holds the ITIL Foundation Certification. He has more than 40 years of diverse experience in the software and IT industry, including more than 20 years focused on process improvement. He is the author of numerous articles and a book entitled "Managing the \\u201cBlack Hole\\u201d: The Executive\\u2019s Guide to Software Project Risk.\\nContact information:Email:\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 ggack@Process-Fusion.net Website:\\xa0 \\nThe essay examines the the software measure / metric:\\xa0 Size.\\xa0 Size really is important and the type of size measure you choose will expand or constrain what you can do with the data.\\xa0 We will define physical, functional and relative measures of size and where they are useful.\\xa0 \\nContact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email:\\xa0 spamcastinfo@gmail.com Voicemail:\\xa0 +1-206-888-6111 Website: Twitter: Facebook:\\xa0 http://bit.ly/16fBWV\\nThe SPaMCAST\'s production schedule is on the Software Process and Measurement Facebook page.\\xa0 Yell at me if you have ideas for future interviews or essays.\\xa0 Your thoughts, comments, suggestions and ideas are welcome.\\nConferences and Speaking Engagements in 2010 (To Date) \\xa0\\nQuest Conference in Dallas April 21 - 23.\\xa0 I will be talking on "Process Improvement in a Multi-Model World".\\xa0 The conference includes two days of workshops.\\xa0 The website to get more information is http://www.qaiquest.org/dallas/index.html \\nNext!\\nThe interview in the SPaMCAST 84 is with Ricardo Valardi.\\xa0 We discussed software cost estimation and behavioural economics.\\xa0 THis was a great interview that anyone working in the IT field will find immeadeatly usefull and thought provoking in the long term.'