The Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Jon M Quigley. We discussed configuration management and his new book Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application. Jon co-authored the book with Kim Robertson. Configuration management, the management and control of project deliverable, is one of the most critical practices anyone building a product, writing a piece of code or working on a project with more than one person involved must learn or face the consequences! J...
The Software Process and Measurement Cast features our interview with Jon M Quigley. We discussed configuration management and his new book Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application. Jon co-authored the book with Kim Robertson. Configuration management, the management and control of project deliverable, is one of the most critical practices anyone building a product, writing a piece of code or working on a project with more than one person involved must learn or face the consequences!
Jon’s Bio:
Jon M. Quigley PMP CTFL is a principal and founding member of Value Transformation, a product development training and cost improvement organization established in 2009, as well as being Electrical / Electronic Process Manager at Volvo Trucks North America. Jon has an Engineering Degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and two Master Degrees from City University of Seattle. Jon has nearly twenty five years of product development experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software through verification and project management.
Jon has written or contributed to a huge number of books, presentations and articles including:
“Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application” ISBN 978-148222935 May 1, 2015 which was the focus of this interview.
Jon is collaborating on another Project Management book (Q1 2016) through The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
Contact Jon at:
jon.quigley@valuetransform.com
http://www.valuetransform.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/value-transformation-llc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmquigley
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The Re-Read Saturday focus on Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox’s The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement began on February 21nd. The Goal has been hugely influential because it introduced the Theory of Constraints, which is central to lean thinking. The book is written as a business novel. Visit the Software Process and Measurement Blog and catch up on the re-read.
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Next SPaMCast
The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature our essay on Managing Agile Projects and Teams (7/15 -7/20/13 and last week updates – Meg). Teams make decisions daily that affect the direction of the sprint and project. The faster these decisions are made the higher the team’s velocity or productivity, and having a solid understanding of the real goals of the project helps the team make decisions more effectively.
We will also have columns from Kim Pries with his Software Sensei column and Gene Hughson with an entry from his Form Follows Function column.
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