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SPaMCAST Seven!\n\nShow Seven features an interview with Kenji Hiranabe on using mind mapping in agile projects.\xa0 Mind Mapping is a powerful technique to order information and concentrate communication.\xa0 The interview with Mr. Hiranabe includes a large number of practical applications of the method to agile and plan based projects.\xa0\n\nKenji Hiranabe, CEO of Change Vision, Inc (http://www.change-vision.com/index_en.html).\xa0 Change Vision develops tools to help deliver effective projects.\xa0 He is a Japanese software development consultant and book translator of Extreme Programming Installed, Lean Software Development, Agile Project Management, and other Agile books.\xa0He's also an author of JUDE, a UML and MindMap editor software and TRICHORD, an agile project management tool. You can read his blog at .He specializes in agile development, object-oriented software construction and project facilitation.\xa0\n\nThe essay for this cast is titled, Why are requirements so hard to get right? Part 1. \xa0\xa0The essay focuses on the people factors affecting the requirements process.\xa0 The people factors typically are the most volatile and a seemingly least controllable of the people, process and environment variables within the requirements process.\xa0 Process, \xa0and environment will be discussed in subsequent essays.\xa0\xa0 \n\nRemember that \xa0comments and feedback are welcome!\xa0 \n\nThere are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . . \xa0Email SPaMCAST at Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111It is my intent to share all emails and voice messages!\xa0\xa0\n\nFuture Events:\xa0\n\nOn June 21 at 3 PM\xa0 I will\xa0 be presenting "When Good Numbers Go Bad" at Better Software 2007 in Los Vegas.\xa0 The conference and workshops run from Monday June 18 though Thursday June 21 at the Venetian in Las Vegas.\xa0 Information is available at \xa0 If you are attending let me know.\xa0\xa0\n\nNext Software Process and Measurement Cast:\xa0\n\nThe next Software Process and Measurement Cast features an important interview with Stephen Finegold of SFT Consulting, LLC.\xa0 The interview will cover the topic of build management.\xa0 The essay will be on the first of the deadly sins of metrics.