SPaMCAST 298 – Brian Federici, Continuous Integration, A Practitioners View

Listen to  SPaMCAST 298 features our interview with Brian Federici.  Brian discussed continuous integration and nearly continuous delivery from a practitioner’s point of view. Continuous integration and delivery are at the heart of fast, better and higher customer satisfaction promised by Agile methods however, in many environments, continuous integration and nearly continuous delivery are still a merely interesting theory.  Brian discussed how these concepts affect how work is delivered. Brian has been programming professionally since 2003, focusing primarily on C# and Web technologies.  He's a big proponent of test-driven and behavior-driven development.  He has contributed to the NuGet open source project as well as created some of his own.  He is also an active member of Agile Philly, Philly .NET, Philly GameWorks, and Philly Application Lifecycle Management groups.  In his free time, he enjoys video games, drumming, tennis, and dodge ball. You can interact with Brian in many different ways!   Personal: Code: Groups:   Next week we will feature our essay on Systems Thinking.  Many process improvement programs falter when, despite best efforts because they don't improve the overall performance of IT. The impact of fixing individual processes can easily get lost in the weeds, the impact overtaken by the inertia of the overall systems. Systems Thinking is a way to view the world, including organizations, from a broad perspective that includes structures, patterns, and events, rather simply being influence by a single event.  Upcoming Events Upcoming DCG Webinars: July 24 11:30 EDT – The Impact of Cognitive Bias On TeamsCheck these out at  I will be attending  in Orlando, July 28 through August 1, 2014.  It would be great to get together with SPaMCAST listeners, let me know if you are attending. I will be presenting at the  in San Diego, CA on October 1.  I have a great discount code!!!! Contact me if you are interested! I will be presenting at the Conference October 21st and 22nd in Springfield, MA. More on all of these great events in the near future! I look forward to seeing all SPaMCAST readers and listeners that attend these great events! The Software Process and Measurement Cast has a sponsor. As many you know I do at least one webinar for the (ITMPI) every year. The ITMPI provides a great service to the IT profession. ITMPI’s mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world’s leading IT thought leaders and to create a single online destination where IT practitioners and executives can meet all of their educational and professional development needs. The ITMPI offers a premium membership that gives members unlimited free access to 400 PDU accredited webinar recordings, and waives the PDU processing fees on all live and recorded webinars. The Software Process and Measurement Cast some support if you sign up . All the revenue our sponsorship generates goes for bandwidth, hosting and new cool equipment to create more and better content for you. Support the SPaMCAST and learn from the ITMPI. 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 . Available in English and Chinese.