Software Process and Measurement Cast

SPaMCAST 566 features our interview with Christopher Gerg. Security issues can range from clicking on the wrong thing in emails to ransomware and is painful and costly. Security might be everybody's responsibility however someone needs to lead the charge. Our conversation covered the role of the CISO in today's organization, security in software development, and cybersecurity in the real world. Chris's bio: Christopher Gerg is the CISO and Vice President of Cyber Risk Management at Gillware. He is a technical lead with over 15 years of information security experience. Christopher has worked as a Systems Administrator, Network Engineer, Penetration Tester, Information Security Architect, Vice President of Information Technology, Director and Chief Information Security Officer. He has experience in the challenges of information security in cloud-based hosting, DevOps, managed security services, e-commerce, healthcare, financial, and payment card industries. He has worked in mature information security teams and has built information security programs from scratch and leading them into maturity in wide variety of compliance regimes. While an expert in the theoretical aspects of information security best practice, he is also experienced in the practical aspects of building secure technical environments – and working with the boardroom to promote executive understanding and support. He also authored the O'Reilly and Associates book "Managing Network Security with Snort and IDS Tools." Company Website: www.gillware.com Email Adress: cgerg@gillware.com Re-Read Saturday News This week in our re-read of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman discusses when expert intuition can be trusted. A chapter that is germane to all walks of life. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Week 18: Taming Intuitive Predictions — http://bit.ly/2kAHClJ Week 19: The Illusion of Understanding - http://bit.ly/2lK954p Week 20: The Illusion of Validity - http://bit.ly/2mfyrYh Week 21: Intuitions vs Formulas - http://bit.ly/2kx7kri Week 22: Expert Intuition - http://bit.ly/2ooe50h Upcoming Events It is nearly time for the Agile Online Summit! This year's summit will be held October 7 - 11th --- EVERYWHERE, it's a virtual conference. Visit the website to sign-up. The basic conference is FREE. Register now at https://www.agileonlinesummit.com/2019 Pacific NW Software Quality Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon beginning October 14th through the 16th. I will be speaking on the 15th! Register now https://www.pnsqc.org/2019-conference/ Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 567 will tackle the concept of herding. Herding is a pattern where an individual or team acts based on the behavior of others. Stated very simply, herding is just like the children's game follow-the-leader. Sounds innocuous? This type of behavior can lead to work entry problems and other team level snafus! We will also have a visit from Gene Hughson!

The dates for the third Agile Online Summit is getting close! If history is a harbinger, Tom Henricksen will serve up marvelous content for all agile practitioners in easily consumed chunks. I hope to "see" you there! Watch the video and then sign up at https://www.agileonlinesummit.com/2019 October 7 -11th online!

SPaMCAST 565 tackles three ways to mess up sprint goals. Sprint goals are a statement of the value that teams strive to deliver. It is possible to complete all of the stories or work items only to realize that the team has lost sight of the goal. Alternately, it is possible to meet the goal and not complete all of the stories. We also have a promo for the Agile Online Summit https://www.agileonlinesummit.com/2019 This year's summit will be held October 7 - 11th --- EVERYWHERE, it's a virtual conference. Visit the website to sign-up. The basic conference is FREE. Rounding out the cast, we have a visit from Jon M Quigley with an installment of The Alpha and Omega of Product Development. Jon talks about his two new books and product roadmaps. Re-Read Saturday News This week in our re-read of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman opens with a discussion of a number of studies that show that professional predictions are far less accurate than simple algorithmic predictions. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Week 18: Taming Intuitive Predictions — http://bit.ly/2kAHClJ Week 19: The Illusion of Understanding - http://bit.ly/2lK954p Week 20: The Illusion of Validity - http://bit.ly/2mfyrYh Week 21: Intuitions vs Formulas - http://bit.ly/2kx7kri Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 566 will feature our interview with Christopher Gerg. Our conversation covered the role of the CISO in today's organization, security in software development, and cybersecurity in the real world.

SPaMCAST 564 is part 2 of my conversation with Steve Tendon and Daniel Dioron. We discussed their new book Tame Your Work Flow. Steve and Danie ask the question "Do you need a high-performance enterprise management & governance approach improving planning, execution, and delivery while dealing with multiple projects, events, stakeholders and teams?", the book and the interview probes potential answers. In order to answer the question, the three of us take a deep dive into applying Goldratt's Theory of Constraints in the real world. Listen to part 1 before listing to SPaMCAST 564. Steve Tendon's Bio With a background in software engineering (in his early career he lead the development of software applications in diverse fields, like banking, health care, legal, human resources, and more), Steve is the creator of the TameFlow ® Approach, a systems thinking approach for creating breakthrough performance innovation in knowledge-intensive digital businesses. The TameFlow Approach has been developed and used with great success since 2003, across numerous industries. Steve holds MSc in Software Project Management with the University of Aberdeen, an MIT Fintech Innovation: Future Commerce certificate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme certificate with the Oxford Saïd Business School. Daniel Dioron's Bio Daniel has been involved in IT since 1981 in a wide range of roles and responsibilities, primarily in client-facing consulting projects covering the government, banking, insurance, and telecom industries to name a few. Daniel's involvement with Agile started with Scrum in 2005 and more recently with Kanban and Management 3.0. Daniel is heavily involved with Steve Tendon's TameFlow method. He is proficient with working expertise in Finance/Accounting/Managerial control (MBA-CPA-CMA), Agility (CSP), Project Management (PMP), Kanban (CKC and CKP) coupled with 38 years in IT (Bachelor studies & career). He loves systems, enjoys measuring improvement while embracing teamwork that actually works! For Tameflow Training, visit http://agileagonist.com/ Re-Read Saturday News A few nights ago severe thunderstorms rolled through northern Ohio. There were lots of power outages and trees that were blown over. The next morning when I went to the grocery store, the store's systems could not accept debit cards. I immediately made up a story that connected the storms to system failure. As we have seen before, System 1 thinking takes disparate facts and creates a coherent believable story. No conclusion is too big a jump for System 1 thinking. My story and my belief that I had predicted the most probable cause is an illusion of validity which unless I can get System 2 involved stands a good chance at being wrong even though I believe I am correct! Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Week 18: Taming Intuitive Predictions — http://bit.ly/2kAHClJ Week 19: The Illusion of Understanding - http://bit.ly/2lK954p Week 20: The Illusion of Validity - http://bit.ly/2mfyrYh Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 565 will feature an essay on sprint goals. Everyone says they use sprint goals. While I am not convinced, those that do use them often mess them up. We will spend a few minutes straightening them out! We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley who will bring his column, The Alpha and Omega of Product Development to the podcast!

SPaMCAST 563 is part one of my conversation with Steve Tendon and Daniel Dioron. We discussed their new book Tame Your Work Flow. Steve and Daniel share deep insights into applying Goldratt's Theory of Constraints in the real world. After you have listened to the conversation you will never view the flow of work as an esoteric topic. Steve, Daniel, and I had a wide-ranging conversation, I decided to ignore my own guideline on two-part interviews and let the tape run (metaphorically). We will return with part 2 next week. Steve Tendon's Bio With a background in software engineering (in his early career he lead the development of software applications in diverse fields, like banking, health care, legal, human resources, and more), Steve is the creator of the TameFlow ® Approach, a systems thinking approach for creating breakthrough performance innovation in knowledge-intensive digital businesses. The TameFlow Approach has been developed and used with great success since 2003, across numerous industries. Steve holds MSc in Software Project Management with the University of Aberdeen, an MIT Fintech Innovation: Future Commerce certificate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme certificate with the Oxford Saïd Business School. Daniel Dioron's Bio Daniel has been involved in IT since 1981 in a wide range of roles and responsibilities, primarily in client-facing consulting projects covering the government, banking, insurance, and telecom industries to name a few. Daniel's involvement with Agile started with Scrum in 2005 and more recently with Kanban and Management 3.0. Daniel is heavily involved with Steve Tendon's TameFlow method. He is proficient with working expertise in Finance/Accounting/Managerial control (MBA-CPA-CMA), Agility (CSP), Project Management (PMP), Kanban (CKC and CKP) coupled with 38 years in IT (Bachelor studies & career). He loves systems, enjoys measuring improvement while embracing teamwork that actually works! For Tameflow Training, visit http://agileagonist.com/ Re-Read Saturday News Part 3 of Thinking, Fast and Slow is titled Overconfidence. Chapter 19 begins by exploring several biases that affect overconfidence. Earlier in the book, we explored how System 1 thinking connects events to generate a coherent story. This chapter begins by building on the attributes of fast thinking by stating that humans interpret behavior as a manifestation of general propensities and personal traits. One of the classic biases that cause this type of thinking is the halo effect. I overheard an example of a negative halo effect this week as I walked behind a group of people in Chicago. The group, tourists, pointed at a person sleeping rough along the river and exclaimed that the person was lazy. One attribute of the person's behavior was generalized into a larger narrative. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Week 18: Taming Intuitive Predictions — http://bit.ly/2kAHClJ Week 19: The Illusion of Understanding - http://bit.ly/2lK954p Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 564 will feature part 2 of our interview with Steve Tendon and Daniel Dioron discussing their new book Tame Your Work Flow. Steve and Daniel continue to share deep insights into applying the Theory of Constraints in the real world.

SPaMCAST 562 features our essay on the power of saying no. I firmly believe that unless you have control over the amount of work you take, you are asking for a trainwreck. The problem is that saying no is often harder than being late or over budget. We will also have a visit from the Software Sensei. Kim Pries is back to kick off September with an essay titled, Real Planning. While the actual plan might not be exactly what happens in real life, the act of planning is crucial. Re-Read Saturday News Well, I missed posting an entry of Re-read Saturday and if you had not noticed SPaMCAST 562 is not exactly what I had planned. Five weeks ago my standard poodle Jax (named after the New Orleans Beer of yesteryear) died. My wife and I missed having a canine presence around the house. Yesterday, we drove to Brantford, Ontario and picked up a new standard poodle, Nyssa (named after Nyssa of Traken -- Dr. Who aficionados will recognize the name). It was a round trip 14 hours, including a stop at the Resurgence Brewing Company in Buffalo --- I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE PLACE. This is the long way around saying that I did not have WIFI, so I failed to post. Hence the pivot on the material in the cast this week. Never fear you never know what tomorrow may bring! Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 563 will feature an interview with Steve Tendon and Daniel Dioron. We discussed their new book Tame Your Work Flow. Steve and Daniel share deep insights into applying the Theory of Constraints in the real world. The flow of work is not an esoteric topic. Steve and Daniel provide very useful advice on how to deliver more value.

In SPaMCAST 561 we discuss making the Daily Scrum work for the mission it was intended. When a Daily Scrum or daily stand-up is not used for micro-planning and collaborating to achieve the team's goal, they are occurring for a reason. Those meetings are scratching some other itch than planning, an itch that however unagile is often defended. When the goal of a daily meeting is something other than group planning there are more efficient and less expensive approaches even for highly agile teams to address status and have a social event. Also in this podcast, Susan Parente brings us her Not A Scrumdamentalist column. Susan discusses the product owner's role and why it is important. Susan's LinkedIn Profile linkedin.com/in/susanparente Websites techriskmanager.com (Technical Risk Management) s3-tec.com (Company Website) Email Address Parente@s3-tec.com Twitter TechRiskManager Re-Read Saturday News I took a day off from our re-read of Thinking, Fast and Slow to spend the day at a pickle festival. I began the morning with a bike ride (Mr. Adam's has already commented on Strava) rather than running to change things up just a little which helped shift me to an introspective mood! For your reading pleasure, a slightly modified entry from the Motivational Sunday series, this one from a Sunday in December 2013. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 562 features an interview with Steve Tendon and Daniel Dioron. We discussed their new book Tame Your Work Flow. Steve and Daniel share deep insights into applying the Theory of Constraints in the real world. The flow of work is not an esoteric topic. Steve and Daniel provide very useful advice on how to deliver more value.

In SPaMCAST 560 we complete our wide-ranging interview with Al Shalloway. We continue our conversations about the troubles dogging classic agile, the Agile Industrial Complex, using a scientific approach to change, and FLEX. I recommend that you listen to SPaMCAST 559 before listening to this week's podcast Mr. Shalloway's bio: Al Shalloway is the creator of FLEX (FLow for Enterprise Transformation), a framework that is a platform for any practices consistent with Flow, Lean, and Agile, including technical practices. Al has made explicit his thought leadership in Scrum, XP, SAFe, Lean, Flow, design patterns and test-first methods into creating FLEX. FLEX takes a scientific approach regarding what methods work best. While it integrates with its own baseline of practices to offer a complete solution to organizations, its architecture enables it to be both tailored as needed to an organization as well as having other consultants integrate their own practices in it. The intention is to create a community of consultants that can offer the services needed by practitioners in a cohesive manner while avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Al is the co-author of 5 books as well as the author of the upcoming book on FLEX. Website:https://www.netobjectives.com/ Email: alshall@netobjectives.com Twitter: @alshalloway Re-Read Saturday News Why does leadership bring a release home to great adulation only to have the next release crash and burn? Did the leader's skill change between releases or were other random factors, such as luck, involved. Kahneman suggests a simple formula as a thought experiment. Success = skill + luck. Chapter 17 of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Regression To The Mean, discusses correlation and causal interpretation. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Week 17: Regression To The Mean - http://bit.ly/2ZdwCgu Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 561 will feature our essay on the Daily Scrum. The Daily Scrum, sometimes known as a standup, is ubiquitous but it is often a hot mess. Let's fix it. We will also have a visit from Susan Parente!

SPaMCAST 559 part one of our interview with Al Shalloway. I am breaking two guidelines this week. First, rarely do I bring guests back so quickly. And secondly, I have not broken an interview into two parts for 7 years (ish). The conversation with Al was full of huge ideas, s, concepts, and calls to action cutting any of the content did not make sense. Al and I talked about about the troubles dogging classic agile, the Agile Industrial Complex, using a scientific approach to change, and FLEX. Edited, the interview was 49 minutes (with about 20 minutes of chit chat ended up on the cutting room floor - figuratively). I have broken the interview into two parts of approximately 27 and 22 minutes. Today we have part one and next week we will complete the interview. Mr. Shalloway's bio: Al Shalloway is the creator of FLEX (FLow for Enterprise Transformation), a framework that is a platform for any practices consistent with Flow, Lean, and Agile, including technical practices. Al has made explicit his thought leadership in Scrum, XP, SAFe, Lean, Flow, design patterns and test-first methods into creating FLEX. FLEX takes a scientific approach regarding what methods work best. While it integrates with its own baseline of practices to offer a complete solution to organizations, its architecture enables it to be both tailored as needed to an organization as well as having other consultants integrate their own practices in it. The intention is to create a community of consultants that can offer the services needed by practitioners in a cohesive manner while avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. Al is the co-author of 5 books as well as the author of the upcoming book on FLEX. Website: https://www.netobjectives.com/ Email: alshall@netobjectives.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alshalloway/ Re-Read Saturday News Chapter 16, Causes Trump Statistics, was revelatory for me the first time I read Thinking, Fast and Slow, and it was revelatory during this read. Over my career, I have been shocked many times to see a perfectly sane leader stand up and show a single statistic or estimate which promises delivery of a product at a cost or in a timeframe that is well outside of normal performance. This chapter provides a rationale for what often seems to be less than rational. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Week 16: Causes Trump Statistics - http://bit.ly/2OTpAta Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 560 will feature part two of our interview with Alan Shalloway including more on the Agile Industrial Complex and how we can reinvigorate learning and challenging ideas. Let not let inspect and adapt perish!

SPaMCAST 558 features our essay Story Points – Leave Them, Don't Love Them. Story Points are not evil and they may be useful in some circumstances. But like most tools, at some point, they lose focus. They have outlived their usefulness, therefore, I will leave them when at all possible. This week, Jeremy Berriault brings his QA Corner to the podcast. We talked about focus. How much focus is enough and how much is too much? Mr. Berriault has an opinion and stories to back his opinion up. Re-Read Saturday News In Chapter 15 of Thinking, Fast and Slow we explore two types of fallacies. Logical and conjunction fallacies can impact any process improvement effort, typically in a manner that does not benefit change. Remember, if you do not have a favorite, dog-eared copy of Thinking, Fast and Slow, please buy a copy. Using the links in this blog entry helps support the blog and its alter-ego, The Software Process and Measurement Cast. Buy a copy on Amazon, It's time to get reading! The installments: Week 1: Logistics and Introduction – http://bit.ly/2UL4D6h Week 2: The Characters Of The Story – http://bit.ly/2PwItyX Week 3: Attention and Effort – http://bit.ly/2H45x5A Week 4: The Lazy Controller – http://bit.ly/2LE3MQQ Week 5: The Associative Machine – http://bit.ly/2JQgp8I Week 6: Cognitive Ease – http://bit.ly/2VTuqVu Week 7: Norms, Surprises, and Causes – http://bit.ly/2Molok2 Week 8: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions - http://bit.ly/2XOjOcx Week 9: How Judgement Happens and Answering An Easier Question - http://bit.ly/2XBPaX3 Week 10: Law of Small Numbers - http://bit.ly/2JcjxtI Week 11: Anchors - http://bit.ly/30iMgUu Week 12: The Science of Availability - http://bit.ly/30tW6TN Week 13: Availability, Emotion, and Risk - http://bit.ly/2GmOkTT Week 14: Tom W's Speciality - http://bit.ly/2YxKSA8 Week 15: Linda: Less Is More - http://bit.ly/2T3EgnV Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 559 will feature our interview with Al Shalloway. Rarely do I bring guests back so quickly, however, Al has a number of important ideas to share that only recently began to see wide distribution. We talked about the troubles dogging classic agile, using a scientific approach to change, and FLEX. This was a long discussion . . . it was so riveting that I lost track of time.