SPaMCAST 589 - Using Clean Language Questions To Refine Requirements, Virtual Agile, Essays and Discussions

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The SPaMCAST 589 features our essay on using clean language to refine requirements. Clean Language’s pedigree is from psychotherapy and has found a home in coaching. It is also a valuable tool for discovering information about work products. As product managers, product owners, and stakeholders interact with the world and then describe a set of wants and needs they use metaphors. Clean language helps us unpack those metaphors.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also have a visit from Susan Parente who brings her Not A Scrumdamentalist Column to the podcast. Susan delivers thoughts and ideas about virtual agile.  Reach out to Susan at parente@s3-tec.com. </span></p> <p><strong>Re-Read Saturday News </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we tackle Chapter 2 of</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/34RuZ6V"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Chapter 2, titled Mastering Crucial Conversations: The Power of Dialogue. The chapter begins with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. that highlights the problem with staying silent. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 1 -</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Logistics, Forewards, and Preface</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/2wls1Mq</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Week 2 -</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter 1: What’s a crucial conversation? And who cares?</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span> <a href= "http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://bit.ly/3a7Kivp</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;