Software Process and Measurement Cast

Luis Gonçalves returns to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss his new book, Product First. We also talked about organizational mastery and change. Become a beta reader of Product First at http://bit.ly/3ZwQHL7 Luis last joined us on SPaMCAST 718, we discussed OKRs. Luis's Bio Luis Gonçalves is an Entrepreneur, Best Seller Author, and International Keynote Speaker. When consulting he works exclusively with Entrepreneurs, Founders, and Senior Leaders on the implementation of his game-changing "ADAPT Methodology". By following the "ADAPT Methodology" Executive Leaders will be able to transform their traditional project-oriented companies into modern digital product companies. OKR Guide: https://adaptmethodology.com/okr-guide-en Website: https://adaptmethodology.com/ Website: evolution4all.com Podcast: https://adaptmethodology.com/podcast/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/luismsg Re-read Saturday News! This week Chapter 10 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond enumerates the four meta-skills in the Coaching Growth Wheel. They are: Leadership, Change Artistry, Inspiration, and Role Modeling. These four skills underpin the model and I strongly recommend a close reading of the chapter. A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST Using flow metrics to plan in Kanban and Scrum environments. Flow metrics are thought of as incredible metrics for value streams and value chains. They are equally useful at the team level — and in some cases even more powerful. We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley who brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column to the podcast.

A funny thing happened on the way to this week's Software Process and Measurement Cast, I was asked about managing risk in Agile. In preparation for answering the question, I reviewed and updated some of my work on the topic. So instead of flow metrics, we have an essay on risk. That is just the chance you take when you ask me a question. Note -- I have a great question on risk to ask Susan Parente, @techriskmanager, the next time we record. We also have a visit from Tony Timbol. Tony discusses agile requirements in an installment of his To Tell A Story column. Check out Tony at http://tonytimbol.com/ Re-read Saturday News! This week we tackle Chapters 8 and 9. These chapters of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond are titled An Agile Coaching Story, Parts 1 and 2. They are written by Mark Summers of Beliminal and provide great advice on how to prepare and execute coaching events. Week 9 - Agile Coaching Story, Parts 1 and 2 - https://bit.ly/3jQ2m7a A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST Luis Gonçalves is back to discuss his new book! Luis and I had a great time talking about shifting from projects to product thinking, organizational mastery, and more!

Today we share our year-end panel discussion with the SPaMcast contributors and occasionally our dogs (once one gets going everyone needs to get in on the action). The topic this year is engagement. Is being on two calls at once, engagement? Does just being present tick the engagement box? Patterns and antipatterns abound, but Is engagement really that important? The panelists for this installment are: Jeremy Berriault linkedin.com/in/jeremy-berriault-mba Jeremy Willets linkedin.com/in/jeremywillets Susan Parente linkedin.com/in/susanparente A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST Using flow metrics to plan in Kanban and Scrum environments. Flow metrics are thought of as incredible metrics for value streams and value chains. They are equally useful at the team level -- and in some cases even more powerful. We will also have a visit from Tony Timbol who brings his "To Tell A Story" column to the podcast.

Over the years we have explored a wide range of books on Saturdays. Sometimes our re-reads reflect the real world outside software development. For example, in 2018 we re-read Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, the story of Theranos and Elizabeth Anne Holmes. This year Ms. Holmes went to prison. While I don't expect prison sentences for the subjects in the books we read in 2022, I expect the knowledge in the books we tackled to have a broader impact on the world. In the past year, we have re-read 3.4 books – 40% is the progress on the current book according to Kindle. Links to all of the read entries can be found in the show notes. I am looking forward to reading and learning with all of you in 2023. This week we also have a visit from Susan Parente and her Not A Scrumdamentalist column. Susan and I discussed how a newly minted Scrum Master can get up to speed quickly. A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST Every year I host a panel discussion with the columnists and other SPaMcast contributors. We will cap 2022 with a spirited discussion on the importance of engagement. Is it all that its cracked up to be or not?

While preparing for this week's podcast I ran across a recording of a presentation I did at IDEAfest 2020. The topic was the seven macro trends driving software development behavior. The presentation was crafted just at the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic but the topics are still relevant, perhaps even more relevant than they were in March 2020. So to make a long story short, I re-edited the recording and decided to share the talk with those that weren't at IDEAfest 2020 or have blanked the last two years from their memory. I will also post the presentation in the feed for your pleasure and to spark conversation. Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 6 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link - buy a copy or two and give them to friends). Chapter 6 of Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond is titled, Badass Agile Coaching Operating System. There are several important concepts to explore in this chapter all wrapped into the metaphor of a computer operating system. Previous Entries in Our Re-read: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Week 4: Agile Coaching Frameworks - http://bit.ly/3Ok60S7 Week 5: Badass Agile Coaching Agreements - https://bit.ly/3iylnKM Week 6: Badass Agile Coach Arcs - https://bit.ly/3W4Mzzg Week 7: Badass Agile Coaching Operating System - https://bit.ly/3hCZ86s A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 735 feature an essay on using flow metrics to plan either an epic or a sprint. Simply put the process generates a ton of knowledge and is dead simple . . . why aren't you using it now? We will also have a visit from Susan Parente and her Not A Scrumdamentalist column

The SPaMCAST 733 features a reflection on a reflection. As I was reading Chapter 5 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (check out the re-read at https://bit.ly/3W4Mzzg) and retrospecting on my own behavior, I replayed some past coaching experiences. The point today is less the linkage to our current re-read than the confluence of continued learning and reflection. We also have a visit from Mr. Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy and I talk about coaches who let their own biases run away with them. Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 5 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link - buy a copy or two and give them to friends). Chapter 5 is titled Badass Agile Coaching Arcs. Coaching and conversations are highly intertwined activities. I am at a loss as to how I would coach without actively interacting with people. I think the idea of a conversation arc is something I naturally understood or perhaps the concept percolated in my mind from sales training (haven't I strongly suggested sales training?). The idea of an arc to a coaching conversation makes perfect sense. Previous Entries in Our Re-read: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Week 4: Agile Coaching Frameworks - http://bit.ly/3Ok60S7 Week 5: Badass Agile Coaching Agreements - https://bit.ly/3iylnKM Week 6: Badass Agile Coach Arcs - https://bit.ly/3W4Mzzg A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 734 will feature a lightly edited version of the SPaMCASTs annual holiday panel. We are going to talk about engagement and whether being engaged is as important to organizations as it is to all of us in the agile and lean consulting industry.

The SPaMCAST 732 features our interview with Robert Cooke. Robert and I discussed the role of software development in delivering value in non-software product organizations. Robert Cooke is the Founder and Principal Architect at 3Forge, a New York-based provider of data virtualization and visualization technology. 3Forge has achieved significant growth over the years as a result of increasing demand for its award-winning, web-based browser AMI platform. Today, AMI is deployed at three of the five largest global banks, and nearly 20 percent of global equities flow through the platform. 3Forge also has provided its services to hedge funds, broker-dealers, and other financial services firms. The company is the leading provider of "performance at scale" data management systems. Robert's accomplishments have spanned electronic trading, middle and back office, regulatory reporting, compliance, and risk management. Website: https://www.3forge.com/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robert-cooke-a7835b69 Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 4 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link). Chapter 4, Badass Agile Coaching Agreements, focuses on the need for and structure of…coaching agreements (hence the name of the chapter :)). I use coaching agreements on a regular basis. They are an excellent idea. Galen states, "My point being: never, ever coach without establishing an agreement." Previous Entries in Our Re-read: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Week 4: Agile Coaching Frameworks - http://bit.ly/3Ok60S7 Week 5: Badass Agile Coaching Agreements - https://bit.ly/3iylnKM A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 733 continues our answer to the question: if one product owner is good, aren't two, three, or four better? We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault who brings his wide-ranging QA corner to the podcast.

The annual Thanksgiving holiday in the US was a few days ago providing space to reflect and give thanks to everyone involved in the 16-plus years history of the Software Process and Measurement Cast blog and podcast. There is a lot to be thankful and grateful for, this week we put the spotlight on everyone that makes the SPaMCAST possible. Also, Jon M Quigley brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the podcast. Jon and I discuss the idea of flow. Re-read Saturday News This week we are taking a break from our re-read of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link). Previous Entries in Our Re-read: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Week 4: Agile Coaching Frameworks - http://bit.ly/3Ok60S7 A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 732 features our interview with Robert Cooke. Robert and I discuss the role of software development in delivering value.

The SPaMCAST 730 features our conversation with Ramzi Marjaba. Ramzi and I discussed the role of a sales engineer. The role solves customers' problems and is a bridge between customers and technical teams. With all that going for it, why is it a forgotten job path for people with deep technical acumen? Ramzi is an established Sales Engineer and the Founder of We The Sales Engineers and found his calling in helping people change their lives for the better, either by breaking into the difficult world of Sales Engineering or upskilling their current skill levels to get that pay raise and promotion. Contact Information Website https://wethesalesengineers.com/ or wetheses.com Ramzi's LinkedIn Profile linkedin.com/in/ramzimarjaba Email rmarjaba@gmail.com Podcast https://apple.co/3EdrUlb Twitter WeTheSEs Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 3 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link). In Chapter 3, Agile Coaching Framework, the authors create a line in the sand stating "professional badass agile coaching needs to support and model a multivariate framework that supports all aspects (stances) of our craft." Week 4: Agile Coaching Frameworks - http://bit.ly/3Ok60S7 Previous Weeks: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 731 continues our answer to the question: if one product owner is good, aren't two, three, or four better? We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley who brings his Alpha and Omega of Product Development column to the podcast.

This week we go back to basics and answer a listener's question (name and a bit of the context changed to protect the involved parties). In the essay this week we discuss why it is a rotten idea to have a functional product owner and a technical product owner. When it comes to product owners the old adage, "the more the merrier," does not hold. Also, we have an installment of Tony Timbol's "To Tell A Story" column. In this installment, Tony discusses how to synchronize team-level agile with a waterfall requirements process. This is one of those scenarios that when you run into it you will need to find a way to deal with it until more of the organization embraces agile. Re-read Saturday News This week we re-read Chapter 2 of Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link). Chapter 2, The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach, focuses on the most important part of a coach's arsenal of superpowers: their mindset. This Week: Week 3: The Mindset of the Badass Agile Coach - http://bit.ly/3Eu0qJu Previous Weeks: Week 1: Logistics and Forewords - https://bit.ly/3zoAYlx Week 2: Introduction to Badassery in Agile Coaching - https://bit.ly/3hcEPMs A quick advertisement: Controlling work entry requires preparation and knowledge, building to establishing a path to control work entry (magic wands are normally not available), which is why Jeremy Willets and I have developed a work entry workshop. Interested? Please email us at tcagley@tomcagley.com or willetsjm@gmail.com Next SPaMCAST The SPaMCAST 730 features our interview with Ramzi Marjaba. Ramzi and I discussed the role of a sales engineer and why this is a forgotten job path for people with deep technical acumen.