SPaMCAST 618 - Process, Not Just Checking The Box, A Conversation with Mike King and Beth Leonard

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 618 is a conversation about “process” that I had with two great people, Mike King and Beth Leonard, in March of 2020. Just doing the process to check the box for a rating or certification, whether the CMMI, CMMC, Scrum, or any other framework, destroys legitimacy and trust.   Michael King is a technology executive with over seventeen years of experience serving in technology roles supporting the Federal Government.  He currently serves as Halfaker and Associates’ Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer (CIO/CISO), where he leads enterprise IT Strategy with a focus on user experience, the information security program, and the Quality Management System with a focus on improving engineering maturity and customer experience. Prior to this role, he served Halfaker’s CTO and COO, as well as completing a five-year tenure at Lockheed Martin in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security domains. Michael holds degrees in Computer Engineering (Bachelor’s from UVA) and Information Systems (Master’s from JHU) and several professional certifications including PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe SA, and ITIL. Company:   Twitter:    Email: michael.king@halfaker.com Ms. Beth Leonard is an award-winning speaker in her field; frequently invited to both local and international-level industry events to speak about such topics as customer satisfaction, organizational statistical analysis and metrics development, CMMI, ISO, management reviews and techniques, as well as quality assurance. She is also a recognized patient advocate and blogger for NET Cancer; supporting several organizations both nationally as well as internationally. Ms. Leonard is a well-respected executive with over 24 years of IT software development and service management lifecycle expertise as well as InfoSec/Cyber management, facility security management, risk and compliance, quality assurance, and process improvement experience across the government contracting industry.  Company: https://www.r3-it.com/ Blog: Linkedin: Links: Email:   Re-Read Saturday News  In Chapter 16 charts a path to support the execution of the work. Execution requires an appropriate mechanism that can signal trouble coming that is information-based rather than gut-based.  Have you bought your copy of  Steve Tendon and Daniel Doiron’s Flow?  Use the link to support the authors and blog!   Week 1: – Week 2: (The Story of Herbie) – Week 3: –   Week 4: –   Week 5: –    Week 6: –   Week 7: –   Week 8: –   Week 9: -   Week 10: -   Week 11: -   Week 12: -   Week 13: -   Week 14: - Week 15: - The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud sponsor of the following events! Women in Tech Conference Learn, be inspired, and connect with others working to advance inclusion in the technology industry with a live@Manning event. The “Women in Tech” online conference will be held on Oct 13, starring women that are rocking the tech boat! Agile Online Summit 2020 The Agile Online Summit was created for people who couldn’t attend major conferences. This will be its third year, and the main goal is to bring major level agile speakers to people all over the world as well as spotlight some up and coming agile coaches and trainers.  October 26th to 30th, 2020, Live and recorded too.   Next SPaMCAST The Software Process and Measurement Cast 619 features the return of Joe Schofield.  Joe and I talked about his new book, Aligning People and Culture for Agile Transformation: A Leadership & Change Story ().  Joe’s book is not a recitation of techniques, but rather a business novel that exposes the human side of change.