SPaMCAST 414 - Marcus Hammarberg, Agile In the Real World

The Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Marcus Hammarberg. We often think of Agile as a tool to build or maintain software. In some cases, people have recognized the applicability of Agile and lean techniques in other parts of the business.  In even rarer circumstances people, like Marcus, have found a way to use Agile techniques to have a huge impact in the real world. Marcus tells use how he was able to use Agile and lean techniques and philosophy to save a clinic and more importantly to change lives of real people.  It is an amazing and uplifting story. Marcus’s Bio Get agile to work in practice - is Marcus’s motto. This has led him to take interest in all kind of things: Lean, TDD, Kanban, Specification by example, Node, Continuous Delivery, Nancy, and Koa. Marcus spent 2 years working for the Salvation Army in Indonesia to help the health services there to become more effective. Marcus has also, written Kanban in Action (http://bit.ly/theKanbanBook) and is writing another book, about the lean/agile-inspired work he used to save a hospital in Indonesia (http://bit.ly/bungsustory. Contact Information: Skype: marcushammarberg Email: marcusoft.net@gmail.com Twitter: @marcusoftnet Blog: www.marcusoft.net LinkedIn: http://se.linkedin.com/in/marcushammarberg Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/marcusoftnet/ My Book - Kanban In Action: http://www.amazon.com/Kanban-Action-Marcus-Hammarberg/dp/1617291056/ Re-Read Saturday News We continue the read/re-read of by Patrick Lencioni (published by Jossey-Bass).  The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a business novel that uses a story to get important ideas across to the reader in a less threatening manner. the first crisis with Martin and we end this week’s re-read by exposing the second crisis. The sections we are reading begin with Drawing the Line and finish with Pushing Back. Visit the to participate in this and previous re-reads. Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 415 will include essays and columns from Gene Hughson, Jon M Quigley, Kim Pries, and myself! 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, for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book nglish and Chinese.