SPaMCAST 29 - Chemuturi, Estimation, Responsibility

Show 29 begins a two part interview with Murali Chemuturi on the topic of estimation.  This is not the first time the Cast has examined estimation however I think you will find that Murali’s thoughts will add your knowledge base and might even spark heated debate.      Mr. Chemuturi has over thirty four years of total experience out of which about fourteen years have been spent in the field of information technology.  Has worked at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES for five and half years and at ELECTRONICS COROPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED for nineteen. Murali also worked at SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES LTD., METAMOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD. and Vistaar eBusinesses Pvt Ltd.  His CV includes numerous publications and he is the author of an upcoming book on estimation which I will review on a future Software Measurement and Process Cast.    Mr. Chemuturi can be contacted by email at or by phone at 91-40-27220771, 91-0-988-501-9461 and in the USA at 1- 347-394-3138.  His web site can be found at   The essay for this cast is titled “Responsibility, Got Some?.  The essay discusses the evil alter ego of committees and consensus management.  The text of the essay can be found at .  Comments and corrections are welcome. There are a number of ways to share your thoughts . . Email SPaMCAST at Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111Twitter – BLOG –   Future Events and the next . . . I have a couple of free webinars coming up in early 2008.  The first is “Getting Performance Improvement Out of Your Software Process Improvement" on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT And the second is titled “A Cost Effective Approach to Enterprise Wide Software Process Improvement" May 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am - 11:30 am Eastern Time More information and registration information can be found at   Next Software Process and Measurement Cast: On the next SPaMCAST I am trying something new.  I am breaking up parts one and two of the interview with Murali and beginning a two part interview with Rob Donnellan of Q/P Management Group covering a wide range of measurement and process improvement topics.  We will pick back up with Murali on show 32. Your thoughts and comments are always a welcome addition . . .