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A Tale Of Work Intake Woe, Safety, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault,  SPaMCAST 858

SPaMCAST 858 features a tale of work intake woe set in the Innovatech world that David Herron and I created. In this world, we use a bit of fiction to highlight real-world problems without pointing fingers or calling anyone a box of rocks. I would love your feedback about using allegory to highlight real issues.  We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault, The Evolutionary Agilist, who will…

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Beyond The Framework: Cultivating Agile Growth, A Review

Jeremy Berriault’s Beyond The Framework: Cultivating Agile Growth offers a refreshingly practical approach to building successful agile environments. Rather than simply reiterating standard agile practices, Berriault delves into the crucial distinction between strategic and tactical thinking, emphasizing the importance of aligning organizational strategy with agile implementation. He challenges…

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Efficiency and Productivity, Manipulation and Persuasion, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault,  SPaMCAST 846

SPaMCAST 846 features a discussion based on Seth Godin’s blog, Seth stated. “Busy is a morally superior distraction. Busy gets us off the hook. Busy is a great place to hide.” The comment greatly impacted me because I had a conversation in which someone had equated being busy to value and productivity. Efficiency is vital. It is however, only a tool for improving productivity and value – not the…

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Work Intake Halloween, A Second Opinion, Essays and Conversations with Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 836

SPaMCAST 836 celebrates Halloween. Over the years instead of just one night, people decorate their houses and celebrate for at least a month – we love a party. In celebration of what has become the seventh-largest retail holiday in the United States, let’s take a spooky look at the outcome of poor work intake and celebrate that we can banish the spooks and shades of poor work intake. We will…

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Conway’s Law and Agile. Testers and Test Engineers, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault

SPaMCAST 832 is a later summer-early fall rerun!  In July 2019, SPaMCAST 550 premiered.  The cast included an essay titled, Intertwining Conway’s Law And Agile and an episode of the QA Corner with Jeremy Berriault.  Jeremy discussed the differences between test engineers and testers. These topics are favorites of mine, so…while I am hiking and camping I would like to reshare the core content of…

Conway’s Law and Agile. Testers and Test Engineers, Essays and Conversations With Jeremy Berriault

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Beyond The Framework, A Conversation With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 830

SPaMCAST 830 features a conversation with Jeremy Berriault. Jeremy has a new book, “Beyond The Framework: Cultivating Agile Growthhttps://amzn.to/4evrM18.” The back cover states, “Organizations that fail to embrace agility (small a-agiity) risk fading into obscurity.” we discussed the basic assumptions of agile and why business agility differs from adopting any specific agile framework.   Buy a…

Beyond The Framework, A Conversation With Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 830

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Urgency Versus Importance - Which Drives Your Work, Teams And Why We Need Them, Conversations with Jeremy Willets and Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 822

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 822 features a discussion that Jeremy Willets and I had during the Work Intake Summer Camp. The tyranny of the urgent often eclipses work that is merely important. Not understanding the difference between the two concepts and the long-term implications of ignoring what is important can be catastrophic.  We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault,…

Urgency Versus Importance - Which Drives Your Work, Teams And Why We Need Them, Conversations with Jeremy Willets and Jeremy Berriault, SPaMCAST 822

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Accountability and Responsibility Are Intertwined, Why Are There Still Testers, Essays and Conversations, SPaMCAST 813

Accountability and responsibility are intertwined. In most businesses, the concepts are intertwined and when hierarchies are present, layered. In other words, determining who is responsible and accountable is harder than deciding how many layers were in the seven-layer dip several hours after it has been served to a hungry softball team. Let’s use the example of developing a feature for a product…

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