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Send us a textDoes the phrase "Subjective Probability Estimation" make you feel uncomfortable? If you're a data-driven professional, you're likely wary of each of those terms on their own, let alone combining them into one thing. But we sometimes need to do it. And we can practice to get better at it. In this episode, we emphasize the importance of subjective probability estimations in decision-making, especially in situations where concrete data may be unavailable or impractical. We talk about:• Exploring the discomfort of subjective probability estimations • Utilizing Monte Carlo simulations for complex systems analysis • Addressing bias and improving estimation accuracy Inspired by Douglas W. Hubbard's "The Failure of Risk Management," we uncover strategies to sharpen our estimation skills. Consistent practice leads to improvements. Whether it's by imagining you're betting money, breaking down complex estimations, or engaging in true-false trivia, this episode emphasizes regular practice in refining these skills. I invite you to participate in a collaborative endeavor tailored for engineers—creating a shared database of estimation questions—to foster a community of learning and improvement. Choose a true/false question (with answer).Or ask for a value (e.g. distance in air travel from LAX to PHL) (with answer).Share it with Dianna to add to a database for sharing. Either leave a message through the link at the top of these show notes or respond in email to Dianna's newsletter.Visiting the podcast blog? Leave a comment. **BI-WEEKLY EPISODES**Subscribe to this show on your favorite provider and Give us a Rating & Review to help others find us!**ONLINE COURSE**FMEA in Practice: from Plan to Risk-Based Decision Making is enrolling students now. Join over 200 students in taking your FMEA to the next level. Click Here**MONTHLY DIGEST**Subscribe to the free monthly e-newsletter at www.qualityduringdesign.com.About meDianna Deeney is a quality advocate for product development with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing. She is president of Deeney Enterprises, LLC, which helps organizations optimize their engineering processes and team performance by promoting the use of reliability and quality methods during design. She offers consulting services for managers and directors, training for engineers through the Quality During Design program, and other practical resources.
Risk Management - it's a really hot topic right now. I'm joined by long-time management consultant, the inventor of Applied Information Economics (AIE), and author of 'The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix it', Douglas W Hubbard. During our chat, Douglas talks about: 1. The challenge with Risk Assessments, 2. Probability defined (not as easily defined as you think), 3. Problems with the traditional risk matrix and matrices (sure to surprise you!), 4. Analysis placebo, 5. Using information incorrectly, 6. The long definition and short definition of risk management, 7. The 4 responses to risk action...can be ...a little murky, 8. Risk neutrality, 9. Changes in risk tolerance, 10. Risk and impact, 11. Value Statistical Life (VSL), 12. Tips to chat current risk practices. Effective risk management plays an essential role in effective decision-making. By applying the insights Douglas provides, you'll find yourself (and your organization) making smarter decisions based on techniques that have shown measurable benefit. (Adapted from the back cover sleeve). Enjoy!
Risk Management - it's a really hot topic right now. I'm joined by long-time management consultant, the inventor of Applied Information Economics (AIE), and author of 'The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix it', Douglas W Hubbard. During our chat, Douglas talks about: 1. The challenge with Risk Assessments, 2. Probability defined (not as easily defined as you think), 3. Problems with the traditional risk matrix and matrices (sure to surprise you!), 4. Analysis placebo, 5. Using information incorrectly, 6. The long definition and short definition of risk management, 7. The 4 responses to risk action...can be ...a little murky, 8. Risk neutrality, 9. Changes in risk tolerance, 10. Risk and impact, 11. Value Statistical Life (VSL), 12. Tips to chat current risk practices. Effective risk management plays an essential role in effective decision-making. By applying the insights Douglas provides, you'll find yourself (and your organization) making smarter decisions based on techniques that have shown measurable benefit. (Adapted from the back cover sleeve). Enjoy!
Risk Management - it's a really hot topic right now. I'm joined by long-time management consultant, the inventor of Applied Information Economics (AIE), and author of 'The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix it', Douglas W Hubbard. During our chat, Douglas talks about: 1. The challenge with Risk Assessments, 2. Probability defined (not as easily defined as you think), 3. Problems with the traditional risk matrix and matrices (sure to surprise you!), 4. Analysis placebo, 5. Using information incorrectly, 6. The long definition and short definition of risk management, 7. The 4 responses to risk action...can be ...a little murky, 8. Risk neutrality, 9. Changes in risk tolerance, 10. Risk and impact, 11. Value Statistical Life (VSL), 12. Tips to chat current risk practices. Effective risk management plays an essential role in effective decision-making. By applying the insights Douglas provides, you'll find yourself (and your organization) making smarter decisions based on techniques that have shown measurable benefit. (Adapted from the back cover sleeve). Enjoy!
Risk Management - it's a really hot topic right now. I'm joined by long-time management consultant, the inventor of Applied Information Economics (AIE), and author of 'The Failure of Risk Management: Why It's Broken and How to Fix it', Douglas W Hubbard. During our chat, Douglas talks about: 1. The challenge with Risk Assessments, 2. Probability defined (not as easily defined as you think), 3. Problems with the traditional risk matrix and matrices (sure to surprise you!), 4. Analysis placebo, 5. Using information incorrectly, 6. The long definition and short definition of risk management, 7. The 4 responses to risk action...can be ...a little murky, 8. Risk neutrality, 9. Changes in risk tolerance, 10. Risk and impact, 11. Value Statistical Life (VSL), 12. Tips to chat current risk practices. Effective risk management plays an essential role in effective decision-making. By applying the insights Douglas provides, you'll find yourself (and your organization) making smarter decisions based on techniques that have shown measurable benefit. (Adapted from the back cover sleeve). Enjoy!
In this episode of Agents of Nonprofit, I talk to Michelle Flores Vryn, the Chief Development Officer of OneStar. She has worked in almost every area of development: major gifts, institutional giving, membership, capital campaigns, consulting, special events, and annual giving. Before joining OneStar as the Chief Development Officer, she worked in international fundraising, led the communications and development team at a nature center in Houston and, as a board member, helped launch Exploration Green—a 200-acre green space for conservation, recreation, and flood detention in Greater Houston.Michelle is passionate about mentoring Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) nonprofit professionals and creating better workplace cultures where they can thrive. She helped form the inaugural Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee for EarthShare of Texas and is active on committees with the Association of Fundraising Professionals Global and the Donor Participation Project. The topics we cover:What innovation means in the nonprofit spaceIdeas are cheap; execution is costly. The need for emphasis on idea execution, not just idea generation, and how to encourage nonprofits to implement ideas.How gamification, badges, and incentives could promote friendly competition and impact of nonprofitsBetter to try and fail than not try at all. How to get nonprofits more comfortable around risk and recognize that failure is part of success.Creating psychologically safe teams in the nonprofit world.How to measure success of an idea and the indicators that tell whether an idea is a success or failureWhen to seek external advice and why nonprofits need to listen more to internal staff over external advisors and consultantsTo learn more and connect with Michele Flores Vryn:Michelle Flores Vryn LinkedInResources mentioned:How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard - https://www.amazon.ca/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business/dp/1118539273If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts, or your preferred podcast player. Thank you kindly!
This week, Peter Maddison is our guest, and he is challenged with the heuristic “Measure what matters” from the Cloud Native Patterns repository (https://www.cnpatterns.org/strategy-risk-reduction/measure-what-matters). We discuss how to measure value and what techniques can be helpful to define metrics for teams creating and delivering software. We discuss how to expand towards measuring organisational performance and the impacts of different industry trends on our profession. He suggests starting measuring what matters: go and ask! Peter recommends: How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/444653.How_to_Measure_Anything) Escape Velocity by Doc Norton (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41046439-escape-velocity---better-metrics-for-agile-teams) Measuring Outcomes... or how to get meaningful metrics with Gino Marckx (https://www.elevatechange.co/shareable/measuring-outcomes-or-how-to-get-meaningful-metrics-with-gino-marckx/) Our Xodiac blog posts on metrics (https://xodiac.ca/blog/tags/metrics) Focused Objectives GitHub repo - Lots of useful spreadsheets (https://github.com/FocusedObjective/FocusedObjective.Resources/tree/master/Spreadsheets) Peter Maddison (@pgmaddison), coach and consultant with over 20 years of experience n helping organisations improve and thrive.
We lurked in the waters of Loch Lomond to catch Strathclyde’s top dog in data for a natter; independent analytics consultant, Andrew Willshire. Andrew is the Founder of Diametrical, a Strategic Analytics Consultancy. He has over a decade of experience in media analytics and his expertise includes marketing mix modelling, media optimisation, segmentation and market analysis. This pod is packed with nuggets of golden insight as Andrew talks to us on his work with JP Castlin (and their argument over mint sauce), the state of analytics in media, data problems in The Long and the Short of it, murky metrics on Facebook, why ROI stinks, Christopher Nolan, Franz Ferdinand, Ferrari, and lots more. ///// Follow Andrew on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ajwillshire) Check out Diametrical (https://diametrical.co.uk/) And enjoy his Marketing Week (https://www.marketingweek.com/author/andrew-willshire/) articles ROI is Dead: Now Bury It (https://www.warc.com/fulltext/Admap/79369.htm) by Tim Ambler If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk ) Remember, JP is offering Call to Action listeners the Castlin Manifesto for nothing. Just email hello@rouser.se (mailto:hello@rouser.se) and ask nicely. Andrew’s book recommendations are: How to Measure Anything (https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business/dp/1118539273) by Douglas W. Hubbard Management F-laws (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Management-F-laws-Organizations-Really-Work/dp/0955008123) by Russel L. Ackoff & Herbert J. Addison Everything Is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Obvious-Once-Know-Answer-ebook/dp/B004DEPHGQ) by Duncan J. Watts The Mind is Flat (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Flat-Illusion-Mental-Improvised-ebook/dp/B077Y95D6V) by Nick Chater /////
Jeff Smith's book is full of practical ways to implement good DevOps practices within our teams, especially in the case where one might not have the flexibility to make sweeping organizational changes. He shares his wisdom and experience regarding building DevOps organizations and instilling culture into our teams. Panel Jeffrey Groman Henry Jewkes Guest Jeffrey Smith Sponsors Jfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for FREE t-shirt! Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Picks Jeff Smith - GitHub Jeff Smith- Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal Jeff Smith- How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard Jeff Smith- The Bureau (TV Show) Jeff Groman -Scrivener Henry - CodeSandbox Henry- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Jeff Smith's book is full of practical ways to implement good DevOps practices within our teams, especially in the case where one might not have the flexibility to make sweeping organizational changes. He shares his wisdom and experience regarding building DevOps organizations and instilling culture into our teams. Panel Jeffrey Groman Henry Jewkes Guest Jeffrey Smith Sponsors Jfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for FREE t-shirt! Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Picks Jeff Smith - GitHub Jeff Smith- Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal Jeff Smith- How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard Jeff Smith- The Bureau (TV Show) Jeff Groman -Scrivener Henry - CodeSandbox Henry- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Do you have metrics in place to measure your job performance? Do your team members have their own measurements in place for their goals? Metrics and measurements are a vital part of working towards a goal, individually and collectively. Without metrics, how are you supposed to know what you’re striving for? When team members have clear measurements in place for their role and understand how they will be quantified, goals don’t appear as lofty and motivation rises. Clear metrics make for a happy team and a happy and effective leader. In this episode, I dive into the details of my “Six Steps to Better Measurement” that I live by and use in my own personal and professional goals. Tune in to Episode 2 to learn about the importance of metrics, the six steps, and my challenge for you this week. In This Episode You Will Learn Why you should believe metrics are important (4:37)How to decide what to measure (6:07)My favorite takeaways from the book Leadership Fables (9:57)Why you should define how your measure will quantify (10:57)The importance of gathering baseline data (12:01)Why you need to set a clear timeframe for an employee to follow up with you (13:43)What to do if someone is unwilling to measure (15:39)Why celebration is a key step for reinforcement (17:38)How I applied measurements to parenting (19:43)My challenge for listeners (23:49) 6 Steps to better metrics with your team:Believe Metrics are important (and help your team believe it as well) Decide what to measure Decide how your measure will be quantified Gather baseline data and set minimum standards, expectations, or goals Set a clear follow-up timeframe Celebrate successes Mentioned in this episode:Book: Douglas W. Hubbard - How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in BusinessBook: Patrick Lencioni - The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job MiseryLet’s connect!WebsiteLinkedInInstagram Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this episode of The Artists of Data Science, we get a chance to hear from Douglas Hubbard, a management consultant, speaker, and author in decision sciences. He's the inventor of the Applied Information Economics method and he's an internationally recognized expert in the field of measuring intangibles. He is also the author of many books, with his most recent one being “How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk”. Doug shares with us his journey into quantitative methodology, how to measure and quantify intangible things, and some of the misconceptions of statistics that are still being propagated. Doug's expertise and knowledge in statistics is vast, and our listeners can gain a whole new perspective in measuring intangibles! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN [14:47] How data scientists can benefit from the methodologies of applied information economics [25:28] The Fermi decomposition [30:54] Three reasons why people think something can't be measured [41:59] The concept of statistical significance [47:56] The difference between a Bayesian and frequentist QUOTES [21:18] “...measure with micrometer, cut with an axe.” [27:10] “...it's really easy to get lost in all the stuff you don't know” [43:11] “It's not just literacy you have to improve. It's not just that we have to learn new things about statistics. We have to unlearn misconceptions.” [43:52] “If you know almost nothing, almost anything will tell you something.' SHOW NOTES [00:01:36] Introduction for our guest today [00:02:59] Talk to us how you first got interested in measuring the intangibles? [00:05:14] What were some notable projects that you worked on during the early part of your career that helped you shape your philosophy of being able to measure anything? [00:09:20] What is applied information economics? [00:12:14] The importance of taking ideas from different domains and combining them in new days. [00:14:32] How do you see Data scientists benefiting from using the methodologies of applied information economics? [00:17:04] Where do you see the field of quantitative methodology headed in the next two to five years? [00:22:30] The difference between a decision models and predictive models [00:25:04] How to measure anything with Fermi decompositions [00:30:37] The three reasons people think something can't be measured [00:38:16] Common misconceptions about statistics [00:41:52] Why is it so challenging for people to understand that concept of statistical significance and what it actually represents? [00:46:42] A purely philosophical interlude on Bayesian statistics [00:56:12] What's the one thing you want people to learn from your story and from your work? [00:58:19] Jump into a quick lightning round. If you could meet any historical figure, who would it be? [00:58:38] What's the one thing you would say we truly cannot measure? [01:01:19] If you could have a billboard placed anywhere, what would you put on it? [01:01:25] What's the number one book, either fiction or nonfiction or even one of each that you would recommend our audience read, and what was your most impactful takeaway from it? [01:03:33] What is the best advice you have ever received? [01:04:42] Where can people find your books? [01:05:46] How can people connect with you? Where else can they find you online? Special Guest: Douglas W. Hubbard.
Today is an exciting day in our cold email outreach podcast, because we have Liston Witherill, the host of Modern Sales podcast, a fabulous source to learn more about closing deals. Liston is joining us with a background in psychology, behavioural economics and tons of sales studies to tell us what happens after our prospects reply with interest. Enjoy! HERE’S WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: How you can develop trust with a new person The indicators that are showing that someone is trustworthy Creating and meeting expectations in relationships Making and keeping promises in order to build trust Keeping the client’s best interest in mind Why you should use “Why me?” question Be sure your leads will check you out online before you call, so make sure your LinkedIn and websites are professionally updated and relevant to your audience. Ask questions and be consistent to start building trust with new prospects. Don’t pitch in your first discovery call. Use it to find out if a second call makes sense. Be transparent about your strengths and weaknesses throughout the call. If you use these tips to find out what is important to your prospect, the proposal should be just a formality. This way you will reduce the number of people who do not get back to you for sure. Happy cold emailing! Jeremy and Jack RESOURCES: Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely An Economist Walks into a Brothel, by Allison Schrager How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard Influence, by Robert B. Cialdini
On today’s podcast, Dan Neumann is joined once again by Christy Erbeck! Christy is a principal transformation consultant at AgileThought and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. She has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international consulting, training and coaching, and working in both software development and non-product-focused environments, including manufacturing (discrete and process), distribution, and sales and marketing. On top of all of Christy’s licenses and titles, she is also a Certified SAFe® Program Consultant — which is also the topic of today’s show! There are a lot of horror stories around SAFe implementations because, in many cases, the original intent has been corrupted. So in this episode, Christy is breaking the SAFe framework down for listeners. She’s busting the myths that have given SAFe a bad rap and then providing her tips for a successful and effective implementation of SAFe! Key Takeaways What is SAFe? SAFe is a framework for predictability at scale Empowers complex organizations to achieve the benefits of Lean-Agile software and systems development at scale Christy busts some myths regarding the SAFe: “Waterfall disguised as Agility” — not true; it is a framework with elasticity in how it can be implemented “It’s very prescriptive” — though there is an overarching framework and path that is laid out, the fundamental mindset underneath it is Agility “SAFe stops at training the leaders about velocity” — untrue! Just train the leaders and just get started “You can just put aside vulnerability” — you cannot, so instead get in front of it and break down the walls by discussing the discomfort and change that comes with implementation “SAFe always goes wrong and completely goes against an Agile mindset” — SAFe as a framework does not do this; it’s perpetrated by the consultants and the organizations that don’t fully commit to implementing it How to ensure your SAFe implementation is effective and successful: Start small and ‘nail it before you scale it’ Start with training your leaders and give them a compelling ‘why’ Create a Lean-Agile center of excellence where you can bring everyone together to help identify the system-level items and issues that are going to need to be addressed as you all move through the implementation roadmap As a manager, reject bad plans (this is very beneficial towards getting more predictable deliveries) Implement the events within SAFe well (and safely) so that your organization can be set up for success Understand Lean thinking Establish safety within the team and the organization to build trust Stay nimble Listen to what the client needs, not what you think they need Mentioned in this Episode: Christy Erbeck’s LinkedIn Scaled Agile Framework Certified SAFe® Program Consultant Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 1: “Do Scrum Well Before Scaling!” Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 22: “The Role of Managers in Agile Organizations with Esther Derby” Brené Brown Brené Brown — Dare to Lead Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons, by Bryon Powell How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard Christy Erbeck’s Book Pick: Master of One: Find and Focus on the Work You Were Created to Do, by Jordan Raynor Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!
Welcome to the first episode of 2020! In this first episode back into the new year, Dan Neumann will be taking a look at organizational culture. It’s often said in the Agile community that the culture has to change within an organization for Agile to take place. When it is thought of like that, changing culture can be a pretty tall order. But in William Schneider’s book, The Reengineering Alternative: A Plan for Making Your Current Culture Work, he outlines a framework to make your current organization’s culture work. In this episode, Dan will be taking a look at the key concepts of Schneider’s framework and exploring the four cultures he categorizes every organization into — also known as the four Cs. There’s no one-size-fits-all for the perfect culture to support Agility in an organization. Your results will be much more effective if you work with your organization’s current culture — so be sure to tune in to learn how to fully leverage your current organization’s culture! Key Takeaways The four Cs of organizational culture: Collaboration: Similar to a family in their social nature Derives their strength through affiliation Strengths: very team-focused, participative, values diversity, and are a generally fairly trusting organization with lots of open and honest communication Weaknesses or downsides (when the pendulum swings too far into a collaboration-based culture): the harmony of the group may be valued over the frankness that’s needed to talk about tough issues, and there may be too much compromising and too much movement towards consensus building and collaboration versus being clear about how decisions get made and collaborating within the defined framework (i.e. trouble making and sticking to decisions) Important to consider: collaboration culture can be great, but just make sure the pendulum hasn’t swung too far to the point where the organization is ignoring misbehaviors or shortcomings; instead, tackle them head-on within the culture Control: Similarly modeled to the social institution of the military Power-oriented Leaders are awarded for power reasons Strengths: emphasizes strength; very effective at planning; and there are clear systems, policies, and procedures in place Weaknesses or downsides (when the pendulum swings too far into a control-based culture): people will begin to rigidly adhere to the policies and practices without ever stopping to improve them, innovation may stop within the organization, and it becomes difficult to have generalists (which can be very important on Agile teams) Important to consider: control culture is not anti-Agile, but if you are looking to embrace the values and principles of Agile, you have to keep the culture in perspective Competence: Similar to the social institution of a sports team or university Rewards staff that are achievement-focused Can be very creative and visionary and values craftsmanship Strengths: organizations are task-driven, tend to be very efficient and objective, and have high-performance standards Weaknesses or downsides (when the pendulum swings too far into a competency-based culture): individuals may go on ‘technical tangents’ and are spending too much time in ‘analysis paralysis’ (i.e. trying to find the ‘perfect’ solution instead of moving forward with building), overplanning, and may become too emotionally controlled with no willingness to deal with interpersonal conflict Important to consider: make sure that the organization’s culture is not striving to win at all costs but instead focusing on completing tasks and achieving objectives Cultivation: Similarly to a religious institution in their social nature Values growth and self-actualizing Generally non-profit organizations Strengths: these organizations tend to be personal, nurturing, inspiring, fairly subjective, help people self-actualize to be their best, and provide lots of opportunities for growth and development (which can be very helpful for an Agile team) Weaknesses or downsides (when the pendulum swings too far into a cultivation-based culture): way too much self-expression, too much time focused on feelings and worrying about the slightest offense that may have been taken, favorites may be played in the organization, and emotions may begin to trump the place of data Important to consider: make sure the pendulum doesn’t swing too far into cultivation as the notions of measuring and managing would have a hard time really taking root Mentioned in this Episode: Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 58: “How to Get Past the Two-Week Shelf Life of Your New Year’s Resolution” The Agile Manifesto The Reengineering Alternative: A Plan for Making Your Current Culture Work, by William Schneider Susan DiFabio’s LinkedIn Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, by General Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!
On today’s podcast, Dan Neumann is joined by his collaborator, Sam Falco! Today they will be comparing a product-focused approach versus a project-focused approach and highlighting some of the major differences. They also cover how to apply a product mindset to a project-focused organization and offer some key tips on how to effectively implement either! Key Takeaways What defines a project-based approach? A defined start and a defined end Success is defined at the beginning by doing the project within scope, budget, and within the estimated time and to deliver on that Check off the tasks and get to the end This approach works best in best-practice or turnkey solutions where a defined process is always going to give you the same outcome The focus is on completing tasks What defines a product-based approach? No defined beginning and end Starting with an undefined want or need Delivering in increments Instead of asking, ‘Did we do all the things?’ success is defined around user adoption and user retention as well as revenue increases and/or cost savings Think of the three Vs: Vision to Value to Validation (these three Vs are also aligned with the three pillars of empiricism [which is what Scrum is based on]: transparency, inspection, and adaptation) With more complex work like software development, a product-based approach tends to work the best (as you will generate less waste and be able to change course as needed) Focused on achieving outcomes What exactly is a product? Anything that can be put out into the market and could satisfy someone’s needs or wants Something that will generate a benefit for the producer of the product (whether that is revenue, new customers, cost savings, etc.) Once that value is created, you want to release frequently and get feedback from the consumers of the product The mindset of product and some additional key pieces of information: Creating a sustainable pace (don’t bombard people with updates nor release too infrequently) A product mindset can be applied to a project-focused organization Remember: mindset is not just the way we think about something; it’s thinking that drives our actions (so you can still be in a project environment but have a product mindset) Getting a working piece of software into the hands of your customers every sprint rather than defining everything upfront Mentioned in this Episode: Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 56: “Scrum and Agile Q & A with Christy Erbeck” The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage, by Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons, by Bryon Powell How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, by Douglas W. Hubbard Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep. 27: “Deep Dive on Scrum Values with Sam Falco” Sam Falco’s LinkedIn Sam Falco’s Book Picks: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!
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This season showed us the huge difference between the notion of the English phrase: common sense and its Polish version: healthy judgment. This realization made a great twist on all our conversations where we tried to investigate both these expressions. We dived into the world of measures, decision-making, changing minds, agile, design and even music to better understand whether common sense is as common as it should be. Or perhaps common sense shouldn't be as common as you might think after all...IMPORTANT LINKSShu - Ha - Ri model in martial artsEvolutionary Development Method - EVO“Getting Things Done” by David Allen“The bullet journal method” by Ryder Carroll“How to measure anything” by Douglas W. Hubbard
In this podcast, Igor Volovich(@CyberIgor) talks about the strategic side of cybersecurity. He shared some practices that businesses could adopt to keep their infrastructure safe. Igor sheds some light on some easy ways to measure security for your business and understand the leadership commitment needed to establish a security mindset. Igor also shares the need for metric lead strategies to quantify the outcome. This podcast is great for future information security leaders to understand data science and metrics led cybersecurity strategy. Timeline: 0:29 Igor's journey. 10:37 Recognizing innovation in small companies. 16:30 Aligning with an incubator. 25:16 Creating robust risk metric. 39:29 Right way of thinking about cybersecurity. 50:42 Can a company be offensive about security. 57:43 Igor's favorite read. 59:17 Igor's upcoming book. Igor's Recommended Read: How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk by Douglas W. Hubbard, Richard Seiersen http://amzn.to/2BOoK6D Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/563505-2/ Igor's BIO: Strategist, advisor, advocate, mentor, author, speaker, and cyber leader. Passionate about the craft of cybersecurity and its role in protecting the computing public, the integrity of global commerce and international trade, and defense of critical national infrastructure. Internationally experienced cybersecurity executive and senior advisor with 20 years of service to the world's largest private and public-sector entities, Fortune 100's, US legislative and executive branches, and regulatory agencies About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: #FutureOfData #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Podcast #BigData #Strategy
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 388 features our interview with Dr. Mark Bojeun. Dr. Bojeun returns to the podcast to discuss how a PMO can be a strategic tool for an organization. If a PMO is merely a control point or an administrative function, their value and longevity are at risk. Mark suggests that there is a better way. Mark last visited the Software Process and Measurement Cast on SPaMCAST 280. We discussed his book, Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics (Kindle version). Mark’s BioDr. Bojeun has more than 20 years of experience in providing strategic management and leadership through portfolio, project and program management. His experience includes developing and managing multi-million dollar portfolios, programs and projects, facilitating the achievement of strategic objectives, and creating best practice processes for program and project management efforts. Dr. Bojeun has designed and implemented multiple Enterprise Program Management Offices (EPMOs) for domestic and multinational firms and has extensive experience in organizational change management through transformational leadership, strategic support and staff empowerment to management professionals in the development and implementation of organizational vision, mission, objectives, and goals. Dr. Bojeun holds a Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Risk Management (PMI-RMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, an MBA from George Mason University and a PhD in Organizational Leadership. Dr. Bojeun’s new book, Program Management Leadership: Creating Successful Team Dynamics as part of CRC Publishing’s Best Practices and Advances in Program Management Series addresses the need for effective leadership styles in managing programs and projects achieving high performing teams that consistently exceed expectations. Over the last ten years, Dr. Bojeun has provided commercial training courses in all aspects of Program and Project management and has been an Adjunct Professor for a number of universities. Dr. Bojeun is currently an Adjunct Professor at Strayer University where he actively teaches business, logistics and project management courses for both undergraduate as well as graduate students. In addition, he provides motivational presentations to leaders throughout the world. Contact Mark on LinkedIn Re-Read Saturday NewsThis week we have a few final notes on our re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In this week installment we summarize our major take away and identify what we can do to improve based on our new knowledge. We will read Commitment – Novel About Managing Project Risk by Olav Maassen and Chris Matts for our next Re-Read beginning next week. Buy your copy today and start reading (use the link to support the podcast). In the meantime, vote in our poll for the next, next book. As in past polls please vote twice or suggest a write-in candidate in the comments. We will run the poll for one more week. Upcoming EventsI will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! I will be speaking at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 Conference in Annapolis, Maryland May 10th and 11th. Register Now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on different layers and anti-patterns of Agile Acceptance Testing . Many practitioners see Agile acceptance testing as focused solely on the business facing functionality. This is a misunderstanding; acceptance testing is more varied. We will also have columns from Kim Pries and Gene Hughson! 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 book here. Available in E English and Chinese.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 387 includes three features. The first is our essay on storytelling. Storytelling is a tool that is useful in many scenarios, for presentations, to help people frame their thoughts and for gathering information. A story provides both a deeper and more nuanced connection with information than most lists of PowerPoint bullets or even structured requirements documents. The essay provides an excellent supplement to our interview with Jason Little (which you can listen to here). The second feature this week is Steve Tendon discussing Chapter 9 of Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban published J Ross. Chapter 9 is titled “Critical Roles, Leadership and More”. We discuss why leadership roles are important to achieve hyper-productive performance. Sometimes in Agile and other approaches, it is easy to overlook the role of leaders outside of the team. Remember Steve has a great offer for SPaMCAST listeners. Check `out https://tameflow.com/spamcast for a way to get Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach, and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban at 40% off the list price. Anchoring the cast this week is a visit to the QA Corner. Jeremy Berriault discusses whether a career and the path your career might take in testing is an individual or a team sport. Jeremy dispenses useful advice even if you are not involved in testing. Re-Read Saturday News This week we are back with Chapter 14 of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. Chapter 14 is titled A Universal Measurement Method. In this chapter, Hubbard provides the readers with a process for applying Applied Information Economics. We will read Commitment – Novel About Managing Project Risk by Olav Maassen and Chris Matts for our next Re-Read. Buy your copy today and start reading (use the link to support the podcast). In the meantime, vote in our poll for the next book. As in past polls please vote twice or suggest a write-in candidate in the comments. We will run the poll for two more weeks. Upcoming Events I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! I will be speaking at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 Conference in Annapolis, Maryland May 10th and 11th. Register Now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Dr. Mark Bojeun. Dr. Bojeun returns to the podcast to discuss how a PMO can be a strategic tool for an organization. If a PMO is merely a control point or an administrative function, their value and longevity are at risk. Mark suggests that there is a better way. 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.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 386 features our interview with Jason Little. Jason and I discussed his exploration of storytelling in change management. Stories are a powerful tool to develop and hone a big picture view of organizational change. Jason began his career as a web developer when Cold Fusion roamed the earth. Over the following years, he moved into management, Agile Coaching and consulting. The bumps and bruises collected along the way brought him to the realization that helping organizations adopt Agile practices is less about the practices, and all about change. In 2008, he attended an experiential learning conference about how people experience change, and since then he’s been writing and speaking all over the world about helping organizations discover more effective practices for managing organizational change. He is the author of Lean Change Management and an international speaker who has spoken all over the world from Canada, the US, Finland, Germany, Australia, Belgium and more. Contact Data:http://www.agilecoach.ca/about/http://ca.linkedin.com/in/jasonlittle/http://www.twitter.com/jasonlittle Re-Read Saturday News This week we are back with Chapter 13 of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter 13 we discuss New Measurement Instruments for Management. Hubbard shifts gears in this chapter to focus the reader on the new tools that our dynamic, electronically-tethered environment has created. Here is a summary of the chapter in a few bullet points: Everyone creates data that is trackable and measurable. The internet is a measurement instrument. Prediction markets are a way to synthesize a wide variety of opinions. It is time to begin the selection process for the next’ish book for the Re-Read Saturday. We will read Commitment – Novel About Managing Project Risk by Olav Maassen and Chris Matts based on the recommendation of Steven Adams first then move to the next book. As in past polls please vote twice or suggest a write-in candidate in the comments. We will run the poll for three weeks. Upcoming Events I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! I will be speaking at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 Conference in Annapolis, Maryland May 10th and 11th. Register Now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on storytelling. In the Harvard Business Review article, The Irresistible Power of Storytelling as a Strategic Business Tool by Harrison Monarth (March 11, 2014), Keith Quesenberry, a researcher from Johns Hopkins, notes “People are attracted to stories because we’re social creatures and we relate to other people.” The power of storytelling is that it helps us understand each other and develop empathy. Storytelling is a tool that is useful in many scenarios; for presentations, but also to help people frame their thoughts and for gathering information. A story provides both a deeper and more nuanced connection with information than most lists of PowerPoint bullets or even structured requirements documents. The essay provides an excellent supplement to our interview with Jason Little. 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.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 385 features our essay on Agile portfolio metrics. Agile portfolio metrics are integral to prioritization and validating the flow of work. But, Agile portfolio metrics are only useful if they provide value. Metrics and measures add value if they reduce uncertainty so that we can make better decisions. In the second segment, Kim Pries, the Software Sensei asks the question, “Why should we care about diversity?” No spoilers here, but the answer might have something to do with value! Anchoring the cast, Gene Hughson discusses Architecture and OODA Loops: Fast Is Not Enough from his blog Form Follows Function! For those of you that don’t remember, OODA stands for observe, orient, decide, and act. Re-Read Saturday NewsThis week we are back with Chapter 12 of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter 12 we discussed The Ultimate Measurement Instrument: Human Judges. Humans can be a valuable measurement tool; however, that value requires using techniques to correct for the certain errors that are common in unaided human judgment. Upcoming EventsI am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on March 15th at 1 PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Jason Little. Jason and I discussed his exploration of the use of storytelling in change management. Stories are a powerful tool to develop and hone a big picture view of organizational change. 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 Chinese.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 384 features our interview with Gwen Walsh. Gwen is the President of TechEdge LLC. We discuss leadership and why leadership is important. We also discuss the topic of performance appraisals and how classic methods can hurt your organization. Gwen’s advice both redefines industry standards and provides you with an idea of what is truly possible. Gwen Walsh has built a career creating and implementing business and technology solutions that redefine the industry standards for both Fortune 100 corporations and entrepreneurial organizations. With over 25 years of experience in leadership development and organizational transformation, Ms. Walsh, founder of TechEdge LLC, helps her clients stay ahead of their competition, stay in touch with their customers and stay in high demand. Ms. Walsh's client portfolio includes Kaiser Permanente, Hospital Corporation of America, Hewlett-Packard, KeyBank, Medical Mutual of Ohio, General Motors, Omaha Public Power District and Anheuser-Busch. Contact information gwalsh@techedgellc.comhttp://techedgellc.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/techedge-llchttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenwalsh Re-Read Saturday NewsThis week we are back with Chapter 11 of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. Chapter 11 begins section four of the book and is titled Preferences and Attitudes: The Softer Side of Measurement. The softer side is a euphemism for attitudes and opinions. In this chapter, we visit how to: · Measure opinions and feelings.· Design out bias in surveys and questions.· Observe opinions and feelings through trade-offs.· Use trade-offs to describe risk tolerance. Anyone living in the United States knows that every election year there are a plethora opinion polls. One of my favorite blogs is Nate Silver’s FiveThrityEight, which shows a wealth of statistical information about sports, economics, culture, and politics (a form of sport). Much of the data presented is a reflection of opinions and attitudes. Often they are real predictors of behavior and product success. Upcoming EventsI am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on March 15th at 1 PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our essay on portfolio metrics. Agile portfolio metrics are integral to prioritization and validating the flow of work. But, Agile portfolio metrics are only useful if they provide value. Metrics and measures add value if they reduce uncertainty so that we can make better decisions. We will also have a new installment from the Software Sensei. Kim asks the question, “Why should we care about diversity?” Gene Hughson will anchor cast with another entry from his wonderful blog Form Follows Function! 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 h and Chinese.
Software Process and Measurement Cast 383 features our essay on peer reviews. Peer reviews are a tool to remove defects before we need to either test them out or ask our customers to find them for us. While the data about the benefits of peer reviews is UNAMBIGUOUS, they are rarely practiced well and often turn into a blame apportionment tool. The essay discusses how to do peer reviews, whether you are using Agile or not so that you get the benefits you expect! Our second segment is a visit to the QA Corner. Jeremy Berriault discusses a piece of advice he got from a mentor that continues to pay dividends. This installment of the QA Corner discusses how a QA leader can generate and leverage responsibility without formal authority. Steve Tendon anchors this week’s SPaMCAST discussing Chapter 8 of Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban published J Ross. Chapter 8 is titled “Creating A Shared Vision At The Team Level”. We discuss why it is important for the team to have a shared vision, the downside of not having a shared vision and most importantly, how to get a share vision. Remember Steve has a great offer for SPaMCAST listeners. Check out https://tameflow.com/spamcast for a way to get Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach, and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban at 40% off the list price. Re-Read Saturday News This week we are back with Chapter 10 of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter 10 we visited how to use Bayesian Statistics to account for having prior knowledge before we begin measuring. Most common statistics assume that we don’t have prior knowledge of the potential range of what we are measuring or the shape of the distribution. This is often a gross simplification with ramifications! Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on March 15th at 1 PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Upcoming Webinars Budgeting, Estimation, Planning, #NoEstimates and the Agile Planning Onion March 1, 2016, 11 AM EST There are many levels of estimation, including budgeting, high-level estimation and task planning (detailed estimation). This webinar challenges the listener to consider estimation as a form of planning. Register Here Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Gwen Walsh. Gwen is the President of TechEdge LLC. We discussed leadership and why leadership is important. We also discussed the topic of performance appraisals and how classic methods can hurt your organization. Gwen’s advice both redefines industry standards and provides you with an idea of what is truly possible. 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.
Software Process and Measurement Cast 382 features our interview with Ben Linders. Ben revisits the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss his recent series of articles on targeting, finding, and eradicating impediments. Ben discussed a platform for continuous process improvement that delivers continuously increasing value! Ben’s Bio: Ben Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile, Lean, Quality and Continuous Improvement, based in The Netherlands. He is the author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives, What Drives Quality and Continuous Improvement. As an adviser, coach and trainer he helps organizations by ddeploying effective software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement, collaboration and communication, and professional development, to deliver business value to customers. Ben is an active member of networks on Agile, Lean and Quality, and a frequent speaker and writer. He shares his experience in a bilingual blog (Dutch and English), as an editor for Agile at InfoQ and as an expert on TechTarget. Follow him on twitter: @BenLinders. Ben's impedements articles http://www.benlinders.com/2015/handling-impediments-why-it-matters/ Ben's new book on continuous improvement is available on leanpub: https://leanpub.com/continuousimprovement Re-Read Saturday News We take a break for Podcamp Toronto and to begin the process of picking the next book. What are your suggestions? In the meantime catch up on the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on March 15th at 1PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Upcoming Webinars IIST Webinar: Scaling Agile Testing Using the TMMi Date: February 26, 2016Time: 11:00am ESTPresenter: Tom Cagley, VP of Consulting, TMMi Accredited Assessor Agile methods, principles and techniques are core to how many IT organizations develop and maintain software. However, even though techniques like Test-Driven Development and Scrum are widely practiced, one common complaint is that it is difficult to scale these practices. The webinar will outline the TMMi and provide a process for using environmental, technical and project context to effectively integrate testing into an Agile development environment, measuring the effectiveness of the process. Budgeting, Estimation, Planning, #NoEstimates and the Agile Planning OnionMarch 1, 2016, 11 AM ESTThere are many levels of estimation, including budgeting, high-level estimation and task planning (detailed estimation). This webinar challenges the listener to consider estimation as a form of planning. Register Here Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our essay on focus. The essay is a reaction to an earlier discussion of hyper-connectivity and the techniques to combat the downside of hyper-connectivity, which has convinced me that we are dancing around the bigger workplace issue of how can you stay focused on delivering real business value in an environment that seems to be designed to promote making incremental progress on lots of projects, rather than getting any one of them done. We will also have new entries from the Jeremy Berriault’s QA Corner and a discussion with Steve Tendon on Chapter 8 of Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban. 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, neither for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.
Software Process and Measurement Cast 381 features our essay on Agile adoption. Words are important. They can rally people to your banner or create barriers. Every word communicates information and intent. There has been a significant amount of energy spent discussing whether the phrase ‘Agile transformation’ delivers the right message. There is a suggestion that ‘adoption’ is a better term. We shall see! We will also have an entry from Gene Hughson’s Form Follows Function Blog. Gene will discuss his blog entry, Seductive Myths of Greenfield Development. Gene wrote “How often do we, or those around us, long for a chance to do things “from scratch”. The idea being, without the constraints of “legacy” code, we could do things “right”. While it’s a nice idea, it has no basis in reality.” The discussion built from there! And a visit from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries! In the essay, Kim ruminates on the gender gap in computer science education leading to a gender gap in the industry. Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Nine, we tackle sampling. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Ben Linders. Ben revisits the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss his recent series of articles on targeting, finding, and eradicating impediments. Ben lays out a process that generates a platform for continuous process improvement that delivers continuously increasing value! 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.
Software Process and Measurement Cast 380 features our interview with Kim Robertson. Kim and I talked about big picture configuration management. Without good configuration managements work, products, and programs often go wildly astray. Kim describes the a process that is as old a dirt . . . but WORKS and delivers value. We also discussed the book Kim co-authored with Jon M Quigley (Jon was interviewed in SPaMCAST 346) Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application. Kims Bio Kim Robertson is a NDIA Certified Configuration Management (CM) practitioner, consultant, and trainer with over 30 years of experience in contracts, subcontracts, finance, systems engineering and configuration management. He has an advanced degree in organizational management with a government contracts specialty and is the co-author of Configuration Management: Theory Practice and Application. He can be reached at Kim.Robertson@ValueTransform.com If you are interested in the seed questions used to frame our interview please visit the SPaMCAST Facebook page. Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Eight, we begin the transition from what to measure to how to measure. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our essay on Agile adoption. Words are important. They can rally people to your banner or create barriers. Every word communicates information and intent. There has been a significant amount of energy spent discussing whether the phrase ‘Agile transformation’ delivers the right message. There is a suggestion that ‘adoption’ is a better term. We shall see! We will also have an entry from Gene Hughson’s Form Follows Function Blog. Gene will discuss his blog entry, Seductive Myths of Greenfield Development. And a visit from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries! Kim’s essay is on women in the tech field. 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.
Software Process and Measurement Cast 379 features our short essay on the relationship between done and value. The essay is in response to a question from Anteneh Berhane. Anteneh called me to ask one of the hardest questions I had ever been asked: Why doesn’t the definition of done include value? We will also have an entry of Jeremy Berriault’s QA Corner. Jeremy and I discussed test data, and why having a suite of test data that many projects can use is important for efficiency. One question is who should bite the bullet and build the first iteration of any test data library? Steve Tendon completes this cast with a discussion of the next chapter in his book, Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban. Chapter 7 is titled “Budgeting is Harmful.” Steve hits classic budgeting head on, and provides options that improve flexibility and innovation. Remember to help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player. Then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Seven, we discuss the concept of the economic value of information. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Kim Robertson. Kim and I talked about the big picture configuration management. Kim suggests that the basic need and process for configuration management has not changed since ancient China. Complexity and speed of change, however, has forced changes to the tools and who needs to be involved in the big picture of configuration management. 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, neither for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.
We begin year 10 of the Software Process and Measurement Cast with our Interview with Evan Leybourn. Evan returns to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss the "end to IT projects." We discussed the idea of #NoProject and continuous delivery, and whether this is just an “IT” thing or something that can encompass the entire business. Evan’s views are informative and bit provocative. I have not stopped thinking about the concepts we discussed since originally taping the interview. Evan last appeared on SPaMCAST 284 – Evan Leybourn, Directing The Agile Organization to discuss his book Directing the Agile Organization. Evan’s BioEvan pioneered the field of Agile Business Management; applying the successful concepts and practices from the Lean and Agile movements to corporate management. He keeps busy as a business leader, consultant, non-executive director, conference speaker, internationally published author and father. Evan has a passion for building effective and productive organizations, filled with actively engaged and committed people. Only through this, can organizations flourish. His experience while holding senior leadership and board positions in both private industry and the government has driven his work in business agility and he regularly speaks on these topics at local and international industry conferences. As well as writing "Directing the Agile Organization.", Evan currently works for IBM in Singapore to help them become a leading agile organization. As always, all thoughts, ideas, and comments are his own and do not represent his clients or employer. All of Evan’s contact information and blog can be accessed on his website. Remember to help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Six, we discussed using risk in quantitative analysis and the Monte Carlo analysis. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on the relationship between done and value. The essay is in response to a question from Anteneh Berhane. Anteneh called me to ask one of the hardest questions I had ever been asked: why doesn’t the definition of done include value? We will also have columns from Jeremy Berriault’s QA Corner and Steve Tendon discussing the next chapter in the book Tame The Flow: Hyper-Productive Knowledge-Work Performance, The TameFlow Approach and Its Application to Scrum and Kanban. 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.
In this week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature three columns. our essay on empathy. Coaching is a key tool to help individuals and teams reach peak performance. One of the key attributes of a good coach is empathy. Critical to the understanding the role that empathy plays in coaching is understanding the definition of empathy. As a coach, if you can’t connect with those you are coaching you will not succeed. Let’s learn how to become more empathic. Our second column features the return of the Software Sensei, Kim Pries. Kim looks at how we might apply David Allen’s concepts for Getting Things Done (after the book of the same name). Please note the comments reflect the Software Sensei’s interpretation of how Allen’s work might be applied to software development. Anchoring the cast this week is Gene Hughson bringing an entry from the Form Follows Function Blog. Today Gene discussed his essay, Changing Organizations Without Changing People. Gene proclaims, “Changing culture is impossible if you claim to value one thing but your actions demonstrate that you really don’t.” Remember to help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter five, we discussed estimation, calibration and what we know now! Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on February 17 at 11 AM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge In other events, I will give a webinar, titled: Discover The Quality of Your Testing Process on January 19, 2016, at 11:00 am ESTOrganizations that seek to understand and improve their current testing capabilities can use the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi) as a guide for best practices. The TMMi is the industry standard model of testing capabilities. Comparing your testing organization's performance to the model provides a gap analysis and outlines a path towards greater capabilities and efficiency. This webinar will walk attendees through a testing assessment that delivers a baseline of performance and a set of prioritized process improvements. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our Interview with Evan Leybourn. Evan returns to the Software Process and Measurement Cast to discuss the "end to IT projects." We discussed the idea of #NoProject and continuous delivery and whether this is just an “IT” thing or something that can encompass the entire business. 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.
This week we are doing something special. Right after the New Year holiday, all of the regulars from the Software Process and Measurement Cast gathered virtually to discuss the topics we felt would be important in 2016. The panel for the discussion was comprised of Jeremy Berriault (The QA Corner), Steve Tendon (The TameFlow Approach), Kim Pries (The Software Sensei), Gene Hughson (Form Follows Function) and myself. We had a lively discussion that included the topics of women in tech, microservices, capabilities, business/IT integration and a lot more. Help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Four, we focused on two questions. The first is getting the reader to answer what is the decision that measurement is supposed to support. The second is, what is the definition of the thing being measured in terms of observable consequences? Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. Listeners will be asked to vote on the winning idea which will be presented at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 conference. The next CMMI Capability Challenge session will be held on January 12 at 1 PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge The Challenge will continue on February 17th at 11 AM. In other events, I will give a webinar, titled: Discover The Quality of Your Testing Process on January 19, 2016, at 11:00 am EST Organizations that seek to understand and improve their current testing capabilities can use the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi) as a guide for best practices. The TMMi is the industry standard model of testing capabilities. Comparing your testing organization's performance to the model provides a gap analysis and outlines a path towards greater capabilities and efficiency. This webinar will walk attendees through a testing assessment that delivers a baseline of performance and a set of prioritized process improvements. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on empathy. Coaching is a key tool to help individuals and teams reach peak performance. One of the key attributes of a good coach is empathy. Critical to the understanding the role that empathy plays in coaching is understanding the definition of empathy. As a coach, if you can’t connect with those you are coaching you will not succeed. We will also have new columns from Kim Pries, The Software Sensei, and Gene Hughson Form Follows Function. 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.
This week’s Software Process and Measurement Cast opens with our essay on quality and measuring quality. Software quality is a simple phrase that is sometimes difficult to define. In SPaMCAST 374, Jerry Weinberg defined software quality as value. In our essay, we see how others have tackled the subject and add our perspective. Jeremy Berriault brings the QA Corner to the first SPaMCAST of 2016, discussing the sticky topic of estimating testing. Estimating has always been a hot button issue that only gets hotter when you add in testing. Jeremy provides a number of pragmatic observations that can help reduce heat the topic generates. Wrapping up the cast, Steve Tendon discusses the topic of discovery driven planning from his book, Tame The Flow. Discovery driven planning is a set of ideas that recognizes that most decisions are made in situations that are full of uncertainty and complexity. We need new tools and mechanisms to avoid disaster. Help grow the podcast by reviewing the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We continue the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. In Chapter Three, Hubbard explores three misconceptions of measurement that lead people to believe they can’t measure something, three reasons why people think something shouldn’t be measured and four useful measurement assumptions. Upcoming Events I am facilitating the CMMI Capability Challenge. This new competition showcases thought leaders who are building organizational capability and improving performance. The next CMMI Capability Challenge will be held on January 12 at 1 PM EST. http://cmmiinstitute.com/conferences#thecapabilitychallenge The Challenge will continue on February 17th at 11 AM. In other events, I will give a webinar, titled: Discover The Quality of Your Testing Process on January 19, 2016, at 11:00 am EST Organizations that seek to understand and improve their current testing capabilities can use the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi) as a guide for best practices. The TMMi is the industry standard model of testing capabilities. Comparing your testing organization's performance to the model provides a gap analysis and outlines a path towards greater capabilities and efficiency. This webinar will walk attendees through a testing assessment that delivers a baseline of performance and a set of prioritized process improvements. Next week even more! Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast is a panel discussion featuring all of the regulars from the Software Process and Measurement Cast, including Jeremy Berriault, Steve Tendon, Kim Pries, Gene Hughson and myself. We prognosticated a bit on the topics that will motivate software development and process improvement in 2016. 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.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 373 features our essay #NotImplementedNoValue. The twelve principles that underpin the Agile Manifesto include several that link the concept of value to the delivery of working software. The focus on working software stems from one of the four values, “Working software over comprehensive documentation,” which is a reaction to projects and programs that seem to value reports and PowerPoint presentations more than putting software in the hands of users. For a typical IT organization that develops, enhances and maintains the software that the broader organization uses to do their ultimate business; value is only delivered when software can be used in production. We visit Gene Hughson’s Form Follows Function Blog! Gene suggests that while most models have value, some models are can lead to poor decisions. The punchline for the discussion is “Simple is good, but not when it’s too good to be true” Gene builds the case that we need to be cognizant of our biases when using and building models. Call to Action! Review the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News We began the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard on the Software Process and Measurement Blog. Chapter one lays out Hubbard’s philosophy and approach to measurement. What do you think is intangible or unmeasurable? Upcoming Events Details on 2016 Conferences that include QAI Quest and ISMA12 to name a few in a few weeks. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our interview with Gerald M. Weinberg. Jerry and I discussed quality. With over 42 books to his name (fiction and non-fiction), Jerry is a leader amongst leaders in the software engineering industry. 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.
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 372 features our interview with Vasco Duarte. Vasco returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, #NoEstimates Book. In the interview, Vasco and I discussed the underlying concepts behind #NoEstimates and how the concept has matured. If you are interested in project management, estimation and delivering value, the ideas that Vasco discusses will be both controversial and valuable. If we paraphrase Shakespeare, then Estimates or #NoEstimates has to be the question. Let’s answer it! Introducing Vasco: Vasco wants to transform product development organizations into product business organizations. He does that by focusing the work of the product development teams on the end-to-end life-cycle of their products. From Concept to Cash and Back! Vasco Duarte is currently a Managing Partner at Oikosofy. Product Manager, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Director, Agile Coach are only some of the roles that he has taken in software development organizations. Having worked in the software industry since 1997, and Agile practitioner since 2004. He has worked in small, medium and large software organizations as an Agile Coach or leader in agile adoption at those organizations. Vasco was one of the leaders and catalysts of Agile methods and Agile culture adoption at Avira, Nokia and F-Secure. You can read more from Vasco on his blog: http://SoftwareDevelopmentToday.com and join him on twitter: @duarte_vasco Twitter: http://twitter.com/duarte_Vasco Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast: http://scrum-master-toolbox.com/ NoEstimates book: http://noestimatesbook.com/ Call to Action! Review the SPaMCAST on iTunes, Stitcher or your favorite podcatcher/player and then share the review! Help your friends find the Software Process and Measurement Cast. After all, friends help friends find great podcasts! Re-Read Saturday News The readers have spoken and next week we will begin the re-read of How to Measure Anything, Finding the Value of “Intangibles in Business” Third Edition by Douglas W. Hubbard. Like The Mythical Man-Month that we completed last week, the version we are reading is not the same version I originally read in 2007. Check out the introduction to the next re-read at Software Process and Measurement Blog. Upcoming Events Details on 2016 Conferences that include QAI Quest and ISMA12 to name a few in a few weeks. Next SPaMCAST The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay #NotImplementedNoValue. The twelve principles that underpin the Agile Manifesto include several that link the concept of value to the delivery of working software. The focus on working software stems from one of the four values, “Working software over comprehensive documentation,” which is a reaction to projects and programs that seem to value reports and PowerPoint presentations more than putting software in the hands of users. For a typical IT organization that develops, enhances and maintains the software that the broader organization uses to do their ultimate business, value is only delivered when software can be used in production We will also have a new column from the Software Sensei and will revisit Gene Hughson with an entry from the Form Follows Function Blog! 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.
02:03 - Laurent Bossavit Twitter GitHub Institut Agile 03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit 04:52 - The 10x Programmer Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell 13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve 15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?) 22:53 - The Feedback Cycles 25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases 32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell 38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns 1. Skepticism 2. Curiousity 3. Tenacity 43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns 46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.” 50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation QWERTY vs Dvorak Picks The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi) The Crystal Programming Language (Avdi) Zojirushi (Avdi) The Elm Programming Language (Laurent) Smarter Every Day 133: The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Laurent) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent) How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)
02:03 - Laurent Bossavit Twitter GitHub Institut Agile 03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit 04:52 - The 10x Programmer Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell 13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve 15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?) 22:53 - The Feedback Cycles 25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases 32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell 38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns 1. Skepticism 2. Curiousity 3. Tenacity 43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns 46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.” 50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation QWERTY vs Dvorak Picks The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi) The Crystal Programming Language (Avdi) Zojirushi (Avdi) The Elm Programming Language (Laurent) Smarter Every Day 133: The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Laurent) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent) How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)
02:03 - Laurent Bossavit Twitter GitHub Institut Agile 03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit 04:52 - The 10x Programmer Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell 13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve 15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?) 22:53 - The Feedback Cycles 25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases 32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell 38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns 1. Skepticism 2. Curiousity 3. Tenacity 43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns 46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.” 50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation QWERTY vs Dvorak Picks The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit (Avdi) The Crystal Programming Language (Avdi) Zojirushi (Avdi) The Elm Programming Language (Laurent) Smarter Every Day 133: The Backwards Brain Bicycle (Laurent) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Laurent) How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)
SecuraBit Episode 72: Take risks, get owned! Recorded on December 29, 2010 Hosts: Anthony Gartner – @anthonygartner http://anthonygartner.com Chris Gerling – @chrisgerling Christopher Mills – @thechrisam Jason Mueller – @securabit_jay Andrew Borel – @andrew_secbit Guests: Jack Jones discusses Risk Assessment and the FAIR method http://riskmanagementinsight.com/ General topics: Risk Management, Small biz vs Enterprise Monte Carlo? How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard http://www.amazon.com/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business/dp/0470539399/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0 OnePassword - http://agilewebsolutions.com/onepassword KeePass - http://keepass.info/ LastPass - http://lastpass.com/ Use our discount code "Connect_SecuraBit10" to get 10% off of ANY training course. The discount code is good for all SANS courses in all formats. Upcoming events #BSidesMSP (7 Jan 2011) ShmooCon (28-31 Jan 2011) RSA Conference 2011 (14 -18 Feb 2011) #BSidesSanFrancisco (14-15 Feb 2011) #BSidesAustin (11-12 March 2011) http://www.keepsecurityweird.org/ Links: http://securabit.com Chat with us on IRC at irc.freenode.net #securabit iTunes Podcast - http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/securabit/id280048405 iPhone App Now Available - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/securabit-mobile/id382484512?mt=8
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