SPaMCAST 450 - Product Frameworks, Holistic Architecture

SPaMCAST 450 features our essay on Product Roadmaps. Roadmaps link an organization's strategy to action. Product roadmaps are directional and answer the question of where we are going and why. As with any powerful tool, roadmaps giveth when used wisely and taketh away when used less wisely. We also visit with Gene Hughson. Gene brings his great Form Follows Function blog to the podcast. We discussed the entry Holistic Architecture – Keeping the Gears Turning. After you listen to our conversation remember that roadmaps are a way to avoid your products not to resemble a bunch of spare parts flying in close formation. Re-Read Saturday News Today we will begin the next book in the Re-read Saturday Series, The Science of Successful Organizational Change. Steven Adams (SPaMCAST 437, SPaMCAST 412 and nearly every entry in the Re-read Saturday series) will lead this re-read. Remember to use the link to buy a copy to support the podcast and blog. Steven begins the re-read by describing how he found the Paul Gibbon's book "The Science of Successful Organizational Change" (get your copy) searching "Agile Change Management" on Amazon. A Call To Action You can help the podcast. If you even got a single new idea this week while listening to the podcast, please give the SPaMCAST a short, honest review in iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you are listening. If you leave a review somewhere, please send a copy to spamcastinfo@gmail.com. Reviews help guide people to the cast! Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 451 will feature our interview with James Shore. We began with a discussion of the Agile Fluency Model, the concepts, and ideas that led to the model and then got into topics such as whether Agile can ever be method agnostic. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques 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 here. Available in English and Chinese.