SPaMCAST 629 - Agile Metrics In Action- A Conversation With Christopher W H Davis

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we are staying with metrics and Manning Publications for a chat with Christopher W H Davis, author of Agile Metrics in Action, How to Measure and Improve Team Performance. Why more metrics?  Well first, the M in SPaMCAST is for metrics. Secondly, metrics are important tools for teams and organizations when used wisely. Many in the agile world hear the term metric or measure and run screaming from the room. I asked Chris if he thought combining 'metics' and 'agile' was an oxymoron - he thinks not. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After you have listened, buy a copy of Chris’s book using the link</span> <a href= "http://mng.bz/r2Og"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://mng.bz/r2Og</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Don’t pay full price by using the discount code podspam20 to get a 40% discount code (good for all Manning products in all formats).</span></p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/20727/MyNewHead.png" alt="" width="217" height="217" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris’s Bio:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christopher Davis has been working as an engineer, manager, author, and consultant focused on innovation since the 20</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">th</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">century. Since coming to Microsoft 4 years ago Chris has been focused on retail innovation with Fortune 500 companies. Prior to that he worked at Nike where he designed the platform behind the Nike+ Fuelband and running apps, helped redesign their ecommerce system, and led their initial push to go cloud native, while writing the influential book on measuring software development teams, Agile Metrics in Action. Currently finishing his Ph.D. in Technical Management designing state of the art working models for human-AI collaboration, Chris also enjoys playing classical guitar and building robots with his kids.</span></p> <p><span styl