I am on vacation for a two weeks and could not leave you without some Monday morning mind candy, therefore, we are doing two very special shows this week and next.  This week I have included the responses to the “if you could fix any two (or sometimes just one) things” question I ask at the end every interview from the three most downloaded interviews of 2013.  The top three and one extra were::

featured Mike Burrows. Mike focused his wishes on:

Changes agents need to take their role as change agents seriously.

Delay is expensive.

Link: http://spamcast.libsyn.com/s-pa-mcast-224-mike-burrows-kanban-values

 

featured Tobias Mayer. Tobias focused his wish on:

People, not management or consultants, need to own scrum. (One wish was enough for Tobias)

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featured Alan Shalloway.  Alan focused his two wishes on:

Everyone needs to acknowledge there are laws of software development.

Assuming that everyone involved in delivering software is highly motivated.

Link: http://spamcast.libsyn.com/s-pa-mcast-270-alan-shalloway-sa-fe-lean-kanban

 

And just because I could . . . a bit of lagniappe, 138 Featured Jo Ann Sweeney. Jo Ann focused her wishes on:

Reminding the listeners that change often starts before IT starts a project there we need to listen carefully to the stakeholders.

Project teams should care about end users.

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If these excerpts tickled your fancy listen to the whole interview by clicking on the links shown above.

 

Next week the best excerpts from 2014!