Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 266 features my interview with Raja Bavani. We discussed distributed agile! We also discussed the new Global Distributed Agile Consortium (GDAC) to nurture an open community of practice and promote knowledge sharing. Visit http://blog.distributedagile.org Raja Bavani is Chief Architect of Mindtree and plays the role of Agile Evangelist. Raja has more than 20 years’ experience in the IT industry and has presented papers at international conferences on topics related to code quality, distributed Agile development, customer value management, and software estimation. His areas of interest include global delivery models, Agile software development, requirements engineering, software architecture, software reuse, and customer value management. Raja is a member of the IEEE and the IEEE Computer Society and regularly interfaces with educational institutions, offers guest lectures, and writes for technical conferences. He has written article for magazines such as Cutter IT Journal, IEEE Software, Agile Record and SD Times. He regularly blogs at www.blogs.mindtree.com/author/raja-bavani, and http://se-thoughtograph.blogspot.com. In 2013, with a team of global experts, he initiated Global Distributed Agile Consortium (GDAC) to nurture an open community of practice and promote knowledge sharing. Visit http://blog.distributedagile.org to read GDAC blog posts. Previous Interviews with Raja: SPaMCAST 190 - Raja Bavani, Distributed Agile SPaMCAST 140 - Raja Bavani, The Ten Best Influences On Software Product Engineering The Software Process and Measurement Cast has a sponsor . . . As many you know I do at least one webinar for the IT Metrics and Productivtity Intstiute (ITMPI) every year. The ITMPI provides a great service to the IT profession. ITMPI's mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world's leading IT thought leaders and to create a single online destination where IT practitioners and executives can meet all of their educational and professional development needs. THe ITMPI offers a premium membership that gives members unlimited free access to 400 PDU accredited webinar recordings, and waives the PDU processing fees on all live and recorded webinars. The Software Process and Measurement Cast recieves a fee if you sign up using the URL in the show notes. http://mbsy.co/fGdw All revenue our sponsors goes for bandwidth, hosting and new cool equipment to create more and better content for you! Support the SPaMCAST and learn from the ITMPI! The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network. Check out the Software Process and Measurement and other great audio and video casts! TPN: www.techpodcast.com Do you have a Facebook account? If you do please visit and like the Software Process and Measurement Cast page on Facebook. http://ow.ly/mWAgU The Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. Each day you will get piece of thought provoking text and a picture or hand drawn chart to illustrate the idea being presented. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. The Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. Each day you will get piece of thought provoking text and a picture or hand drawn chart to illustrate the idea being presented. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com. Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE! Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: +1-206-888-6111 Website: www.spamcast.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/tcagley Facebook: http://bit.ly/16fBWVContact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast One more thing! Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating the Software Process and Measurement Cast on ITunes! It helps people find the cast. Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 267 features our essay on story mapping. Story mapping is a very powerful and under used tool for getting a handle on the big picture.