SPaMCAST 681 - Prioritization Without Control of Work Entry, Measuring Testings, Conversations and Essays

This week we touch on a topic that is near and dear to my heart, work entry, with an essay titled Prioritization Without Control of Work Entry. I am tempted to suggest that without control over what you can say yes to, the whole idea of prioritization is a farce. The answer is more complicated, but only a little. 

We also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault who brings his QA Corner to the cast. This week we discuss measuring testing -- it is more than just pass/fail.

Re-Read Saturday News 

Chapter 9 of Project to Product (buy a copy and re-read the book with us https://amzn.to/2WzvPac Amazon Affiliate Link) ties the three layers of the author’s model together and exposes the third epiphany from his visit to the BMW plant that has been the central plot element of the book. The chapter puts all the parts together. But instead of relating how he connects the infrastructure, I want to focus on how important it is to generate an end-to-end view of work for any software-intensive product.

Catch up on previous installments:

Week 1: Foreword and Introduction - https://bit.ly/39gIt0A 

Week 2: Age of Software - https://bit.ly/2XYvqyI 

Week 3: From Project to Product - https://bit.ly/3mhwJBb 

Week 4: Introducing The Flow Framework - https://bit.ly/3lqJTwd

Week 5: Capturing Flow Metrics - https://bit.ly/3GjCffC 

Week 6: Connecting to Business Results - https://bit.ly/3BTROqQ 

Week 7: Tracking Disruptions -https://bit.ly/3neIs5h 

Week 8: The Ground Truth of Enterprise Tool Networks - 

 https://bit.ly/3DHO5OU 

Week 9: Specialized Tools and the Value Stream - https://bit.ly/332OuhC 

Week 10:Value Stream Management - https://bit.ly/3ESfhv2 

Next SPaMCAST 

Next week, more on work entry and prioritization (it is at the top of my priority list unless I don’t have control over my work entry).

We will also spend time with Susan Parente and her I Not A Scrumdamentalist column.