SPaMCAST 608 - An Agile Team in a Waterfall Company, Expert Bias - Essays And Conversations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Software Process and Measurement Cast 608 features our essay, An Agile Team in a Waterfall Company. Teams like this exist, and sometimes even flourish. Our essay explores how that is possible and how teams in this circumstance can help evolve whole organizations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have a visit from Gene Hughson with his Form Follows Function column. Gene and I talk about how an architect has to avoid bias generated by the expertise that they have spent years developing.   </span></p> <p><strong>Re-Read Saturday News </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we tackle Chapter 5 (this is the beginning of Part 2) of</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3bWch1A"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tame your Work Flow</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,  The chapter is titled “Where to Focus Improvement Efforts.” Part 2 transitions us from improving wait time and flow efficiency and begins a deep dive into the Theory of Constraints (ToC).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember to buy a copy of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3bWch1A"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tame your Work Flow</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to support the authors and blog!  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 1:</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Logistics and Front Matter</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/2LWJ3EY</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 2:</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Prologue</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(The Story of Herbie) -</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/3h4zmTi</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 3:</span> <a href= "https://bit.ly/2UJUZyN"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Explicit Mental Models</s