SPaMCAST 538 - Agile Self-assessment Game, An Interview with Ben Linders

SPaMCAST 538 features our interview with Ben Linders. Ben and I talk about his new agile assessment game. Ben's game and the book that supports the game provide teams and individuals with a tool for introspection and process improvement. This is not Ben's first visit to the podcast. Ben's last visit was in November 2017 (SPaMCAST 470) to discuss what drives quality in software development. Ben Linders is an Independent Consultant in Agile, Lean, Quality, and Continuous Improvement, based in The Netherlands. Author of Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives, Waardevolle Agile Retrospectives, What Drives Quality and Continuous Improvement. Ben is the creator of the Agile Self-assessment Game. The book supporting the Self-assessment Game can be found at https://www.benlinders.com/the-agile-self-assessment-game/ As an adviser, coach, and trainer he helps organizations with deploying effective software development and management practices. He focuses on continuous improvement, collaboration and communication, and professional development, to deliver business value to customers. Ben is an active member of networks on Agile, Lean, and Quality, and a well-known speaker and author. He shares his experiences in abilingual blog (Dutch and English), as an editor for Culture and Methods at InfoQ, and as an expert in communities like Computable,Quora, DZone, and TechTarget. Follow him on Twitter: @BenLinders. Re-Read Saturday NewsWe continue our re-read of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Chapter 7 of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point (remember to stop borrowing your best friend's copy and buy a copy of the book for yourself!), is another case study. This time we explore the ideas of how tipping points happen by considering teen suicides and smoking. We have two more weeks in this re-read. I would like your suggestions to help guide the next book. Check out the current entry of Re-Read Saturday at www.tcagley.wordpress.com Next SPaMCASTSPaMCAST 539 will feature our essay titled, Assessment and Continuous Process Improvement. Assessments and continuous process improvement are intertwined. Assessments being both a source of ideas and a tool to validate change and other experiments. We will also have a visit from Susan Parente who brings her Not A Scrumdamentalist column to the podcast!