SPaMCAST 723 - Neglected WIP, Time According to Jon M Quigley, Essays and Conversations

SPaMCAST 723 features our essay on neglected WIP. Work that has been started and is now just sitting around is neglected. Running a team or organization above their natural level WIP for any length of time causes flow velocity (throughput) to slow and flow time (cycle time) to increase. When there is too much work, people try all sorts of techniques to get work done. Multitasking is the grandfather of them all and we all know how that turns out (need a hint – badly). In the end, all approaches to trying to do too many ends up with some things being juggled and ignored. That is neglected WIP.

We also have a visit from Jon M Quigley and his Alpha and Omega of Product Development Column. In this column Jon and I discuss time. Speaking of time, this is a lost episode…we started the episode discussing snow, last year's snow. We talked last week and were discussing when the first snow will be this year. Sometimes time flys and sometimes it doesn’t.

Re-read Saturday News

This week we reread Chapter 10 of Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins (SPaMCAST Amazon affiliate link https://amzn.to/38G0ZD3). The chapter is titled Coach as Coordination Conductor. The two most important items for me during this read of chapter 10 are found in the first part of this chapter. Reflecting back on my previous cover-to-cover read, I think that the number of great facilitation techniques in this chapter caused me to overlook two very important concepts. The first is an approach for differentiating collaboration and coordination. The approach is simple but very powerful. Why would any coach care about observing the difference? Because the two concepts are different and are useful in different scenarios. 

Logistics Note:  We have three more chapters in this book which we will follow with a recap before starting. Extraordinarily Badass Agile Coaching: The Journey from Beginner to Mastery and Beyond (Amazon Associate Link – buy your copy soon and start reading). Buy a copy now and start reading. 

Remember to buy a copy of  Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins (SPaMCAST Amazon affiliate line https://amzn.to/38G0ZD3) and read along!

Previous Installments

Week 1: Logistics and Introduction - https://bit.ly/3A1aNTe 

Week 2: Will I Be A Good Coach - https://bit.ly/3nzDAHg 

Week 3: Expect High Performance - https://bit.ly/3Rl4fFf 

Week 4: Master Yourself - https://bit.ly/3zL8t2n 

Week 5: Let Your Style Change - https://bit.ly/3Q8zHWa 

Week 6: Coach as Coach-Mentor - https://bit.ly/3QLcSIi 

Week 7: Coach as Facilitator - https://bit.ly/3AaP5KY 

Week 8: Coach As Teacher - https://bit.ly/3AURGdL 

Week 9: Coach As Problem Solver - https://bit.ly/3C06Gr7 

Week 10: Coach As Conflict Navigator - https://bit.ly/3R6tmuc 

 

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Next SPaMCAST 

Next week we will feature an interview with Indus Khaitan, Founder & CEO at Quolum. Indus and I talked about SaaS, controlling SaaS spending, and serial entrepreneurship.