SPaMCAST 669 - Transactive Memory and Agile, Better Daily Scrums, Conversations and Essays

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a coach, I use and observe transactive memory all the time. Used wisely, transactive memory means a team can be more than the sum of its individual members. Mess it up and you might as well put your hand in a running garbage disposal. For example, my wife remembers things like special events and then clues me in…if she is around. This year I missed an important birthday.  Coaches and Scrum Masters often act as the official process memory for teams until they move on . . . you can guess what happens next. This week we explore when transactive memory works and when it does not.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, Jeremy Berriault and I discuss helping improve Daily Scrums in his QA Corner column.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Note: I have been made aware that SPaMCAST 667 is missing in action. I am trying to track the issue down.</span></p> <p><strong>Upcoming Events</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Agile Online Summit! </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tom Henricksen delivers one of the most innovative online conferences.  This year he has upped the bar again!  Please join the premier Agile Online Conference from October 25th to 27th, 2021,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Register at</span></p> <p><a href="https://bit.ly/3mplqIK"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://bit.ly/3mplqIK</span></a></p> <p><strong>Re-Read Saturday News </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week we begin our re-read of Mik Kersten’s</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Project to Product</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. I am reading from my Kindle version published by IT Revolution (buy a copy). Today we are tackling the front matter which includes the Foreword by Gene Kim (author of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">DevOps Handbook</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">) and the Introduction, which is titled the Turning Point. In past re-reads, I have argued strongly