SPaMCAST 352 – Gil Broza, The Agile Mind-Set

Software Process and Measurement Cast 352 features our interview with Gil Broza.  We discussed Gil’s new book The Agile Mind-Set. Do you know what the Agile Mind-Set is or how to get one?  Gil’s new book explains the concept of the Agile Mind-Set and how you can find it in order to deliver more value! Gil Broza helps organizations, teams and individuals implement high-performance Agile principles and practices that work for them. His coaching and training clients – over 1,300 professionals in 40 companies – have delighted their customers, shipped working software on time, increased their productivity and decimated their software defects. Beyond teaching, Gil helps people overcome limiting habits, fears of change, blind spots and outdated beliefs, and reach higher levels of performance, confidence and accomplishment. Gil is the author of  and T. Gil has a M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He is a certified NLP Master Practitioner and has studied organizational behavior and development extensively. He has written several practical papers for the Cutter IT Journal, other trade magazines, and for conferences, winning the Best Practical Paper award at XP/Agile Universe 2004. Gil co-produced the Agile Coaching stage for the “Agile 2010” and “Agile 2009” conferences. Gil lives in Toronto, Canada. Contact Data:http://www.3pvantage.com/index.htmhttps://twitter.com/gilbroza Gil was last interviewed on SPaMCAST 210.  We discussed his first book .     Call to Action! I have a challenge for the Software Process and Measurement Cast listeners for the next few weeks. I would like you to find one person that you think would like the podcast and introduce them to the cast. This might mean sending them the URL or teaching them how to download podcasts. If you like the podcast and think it is valuable they will be thankful to you for introducing them to the Software Process and Measurement Cast. Thank you in advance! Re-Read Saturday News Remember that the Re-Read Saturday of  is in full swing.  This week we tackle the essay titled “Aristocracy, Democracy and System Design”! The Re-Read Saturday and other great articles can be found on the . Remember: We just completed the Re-Read Saturday of Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox’s The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement which began on February 21nd. What did you think?  Did the re-read cause you to read The Goal for a refresher? Visit the  and review the whole re-read. Note: If you don’t have a copy of the book, buy one. If you use the link below it will support the Software Process and Measurement blog and podcast.  or  Upcoming Events Software Quality and Test Management September 13 – 18, 2015San Diego, California I will be speaking on the impact of cognitive biases on teams!  Let me know if you are attending! If you are still deciding on attending let me know because I have a discount code!   More on other great conferences soon!   Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features three columns.  The first is our essay on leaning styles.  Learning styles are an interesting set of constructs that are useful to consider when you are trying to change the world or just and an organization.  We will also include Steve Tendon’s column discussing the TameFlow methodology and his great new book, . Anchoring the cast will be Gene Hughson returning with an entry from his Form Follows Function column.    Shameless Ad for my book!  co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: “This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book  nglish and Chinese.