SPaMCAST 647 - Fixing Work Entry, Hybrid-Agile, Essays and Conversations

The majority of work entry problems are caused by . The eight problems often occur in clusters and are a reflection of organizational culture.  Knowing that there are eight problems is useful when they can be recognized. Unless people wear their motivations on signs hung around their neck, recognition requires conversation and observation.  Fixing any problem starts with recognizing that problem.  We will also have a visit from Susan Parente who brings her, Not A Scrumdamentalist column to the podcast. Today Susan and I discuss the concept of Hybrid Agile and the new book Hybrid Project Management that Susan wrote with Mark Tolbert The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the Global Scrum Master Summit.  The First Global Scrum Master Summit Week of May 17th, 2021, Live and Recorded Organized by the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud media sponsor of the DevOps Online Summit.    Next Week!  The DevOps Online Summit is nearly here!  During the week of  April 26th – 30th Tom Henricksen and crew will deliver the third summit. The goal is to bring together 5000 DevOps professionals.  Re-Read Saturday News  Chapter 10 in , by Ryan Ripley and Todd Miller, dives into planning. Sprint planning is one of the major events in Scrum. All sprints should start with planning (not planning is one of the silliest, but a common antipattern).  If you have not bought your copy -- what are you waiting for?   This Week’s Installment  Week 10: -   Previous Installments Week 1: -   Week 2: -   Week 3: -   Week 4: -   Week 5: -   Week 6: -   Week 7: -    Week 8: -   Week 9:  -   Next SPaMCAST In the next SPaMCAST, Alex Omeyer and I talk about technical debt.  Everyone uses the term and sometimes they even mean the same thing!  Mr. Omeyer describes why tech debt is such an important concept, how we can agree on a definition, and how to measure it.