SPaMCAST 692 - Continuous Improvement Versus Process Improvement, Agile Requirements, Essays and Conversation

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In SPaMCAST 692 we discuss Process Improvement as a phrase or perhaps even a mantra. Uttering the phrase evokes all sorts of baggage and cognitive biases that affect behaviors, not always for the better. What are the listeners of the Software Process and Measurement Cast to do?  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also have a visit from Tony TImbol who brings his “To Tell A Story” column to the Podcast. We dive headlong into the tangled world of user stories and agile requirements.  Tony also announces his new ebook on agile requirements.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get your own copy! </span> <a href="https://bit.ly/3plyiAu"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/3plyiAu</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Re-Read Saturday News </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 9 of our re-read of </span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3pI8EGC"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Agile Conversations by Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is about commitment. Over the years I have observed that there are some people who are very committed to adopting a new way of working, some people that pay lip service, and others who flat-out resist. This is obviously a continuum. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Update on last week’s experiment:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was not able to leverage the concepts of joint design directly.  I did use coherence busting techniques again (we are back to situational context).  I am going to try again this week and I am also going to experiment with calculating the ratio of defined important words to total important words in conversations that people are trying to generate commitment. </span></p> <p> </p> <p>Amazon Affiliate Link <a href= "https://amzn.to/3vEjr55"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/3vEjr55</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"