SPaMCAST 536 - An Executives View of Agile Transformations, An Interview with David Sohmer

SPaMCAST 536 features our interview with Dave Sohmer. Dave is an executive that has led two separate major agile transformations. Mr. Sohmer provides an executive's perspective on the impact of adopting agile in two major financial institutions. The two very different companies took to two very different approaches to agile. Bio: Dave Sohmer is a technology and operations executive with over 25 years of experience. He has spent many years in the code but has come to enjoy the people and process side of software almost as much. Dave has built and led many development teams at scale at Northern Trust and Bank of America Merrill Lynch over the last 20 years. Over that time he has come to believe in the power of the team as the fundamental unit that unlocks business agility. He has championed two large scale Lean Scrum transformations within the financial services sector and has come to appreciate that a healthy mix of Lean principles, Agile values, Scrum by the book, XP practices and common sense will radically change your business's view of technology from misunderstood adversary to trusted partner. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidasohmer Email: [email protected] Re-Read Saturday News We continue our re-read of The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Chapter Six of Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point continues the discussion of the role of context in approaching a tipping point. Stop borrowing your best friends copy and buy a copy of the book for yourself! Check out the current entry of Re-Read Saturday at www.tcagley.wordpress.com Next SPaMCAST SPaMCAST 537 will feature an essay on the use of assessments for agile efforts. Assessments come under a wide variety of names: appraisals, health checks, audit or even assessments. These terms are commonly conflated. Assessments are a tool to prove a point. The essay in the cast explores the myriad types and reasons for assessments. We will also have a new column from the Software Sensei, Kim Pries.