SPaMCAST 478 - Business Agility Institute, An Interview With Evan Leybourn

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 478 features our interview with Evan Leybourn.  Evan is back to discuss his new venture, The Business Agility Institute. Agile is not just for software anymore! Bio Evan is the Founder and CEO of the Business Agility Institute; an international membership body to both champions and supports the next generation of organizations. Companies that are agile, innovative and dynamic - perfectly designed to thrive in today’s unpredictable markets. We connect leaders across industries and regions to share their experiences and insights with each other. Our flagship event, the Business Agility Conference will run in New York from March 14th. Evan is also the author of Directing the Agile Organisation and will soon be publishing his next book on #noprojects. Business Agility Institute: Business Agility Conference: Directing the Agile Organisation:   Re-Read Saturday News This week we tackled Chapter 11 of Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction by Daniel S. Vacanti. Chapter 11 is titled Interpreting Cycle Time Scatterplots. Visualization and patterns are a powerful way of visualizing data. Remember to b, and we will be back next week! Previous Installments Week 13: Interpreting Cycle Time Scatterplots   Dead Tree Book   Kindle Get your copy and begin reading (or re-reading)! Advertisement The SPaMCAST 478 is sponsored by Tom Cagley & Associates.   I have some very exciting news. As you know, I have spent the last ten years as part of Premios (formerly known as David Consulting Group and DCG Software Value). It is time for a change.   As of January 16th, Tom Cagley & Associates begins business. Our goal is to work with organizations and teams to unlock their inherent greatness. As experienced thought leaders, we have studied a wide range of organizations to uncover what makes them the best at what they do. By delivering training, guidance, and coaching we can help make the transformation of your organization and team a success - and prove it.   Lets talk! Email: Phone: 01 (440) 668-5717 Upcoming Webinars January 25, 2018 11 AM EST - 12:30 EST ITMPI In this webinar, you will learn about the four leadership concepts that can double the chances that your agile transformation will be effective. February 2nd, 2018 - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (CST) The International Institute for Software Testing Organizational change will be difficult at best without proper leadership. There are four leadership concepts that can double the chances that your agile transformation will be effective and stay that way! February 6, 2018 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST AGILE best practices for STARTUPS If you are in the San Antonio area, please RSVP guys and this will help the organizers plan.  I will have opening remarks on business agility and then will focus on the questions and comments from the assembly! Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 478 will feature our essay, “You Know it is Virtual Agile When …”  Just because someone says they are agile or are doing stand-ups doesn’t mean they really have embraced agile.   We will also have columns from Steve Tendon who brings his Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban  () to the cast.  Also, Jon M Quigley will return with his column, Alpha and Omega of Product Development.