SPaMCAST 38 - Yourdon, Collaborate or Die, Number - a podcast by Thomas M. Cagley Jr

from 2008-07-27T21:00

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Show 37 is my interview with
Ed Yourdon.  We discussed Web 2.0 and
it’s impact on the software development worlds. I  have titled the interview,
“Collaborate or Die!”  A bit over the top
you say, well Denis Waitley once said, “on line or in the bread line."  The people I was with thought that was a bit
over the top.  He was right and I would
suggest the use of Web 2.0 tools is another watershed.













Ed is a one of those rare
polymaths in the IT world. His bio from Wikipedia begins Edward Nash Yourdon
(born 1944) is a computer consultant, an author and lecturer, and a recognized
pioneer in the software engineering methodology of structured programming world.













He is a graduate of MIT,
earning a BS in Mathematics in 1965.













The December 1999 issue of Crosstalk:
The Journal of Defense Software Engineering named Yourdon one of the ten most
influential people in the software field. In June 1997, he was inducted into
the Computer Hall of Fame Yourdon is widely known as the lead developer of the Structured
Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM), as well as co-developer of the
Yourdon/Whitehead method of object-oriented analysis/design and the popular
Coad/Yourdon OO methodology of the late 1980s and 1990s.













He has authored over 550
technical articles and authored or coauthored 26 computer books since 1967. He founded and
published American Programmer magazine (now titled Cutter IT Journal). He is
the author of the best-selling Decline and Fall of the
American Programmer.













Mr. Yourdon currently serves
as an internationally-recognized expert witness and computer consultant who
specializes in project management, software engineering methodologies, and Web
2.0 development.















I asked Ed how people could contact him and the part of
the response that struck me was, “I am online”. 
 



















Blog: www.yourdonreport.com
Website:  www.yourdon.com
Email:  ed@yourdon.com 













You can also find Ed on Twitter (Yourdon), Plaxo and
other Web 2.0 social networks.















The essay for this cast is
titled “Just How Badly Do You Want A Number?” 
The essay challenges managers and project managers to think about that
initial estimate and the impact it might actually have. The text of the essay
can be found at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Comments and suggestions are welcome.













Check
out the SPaMCAST Facebook page.  I wil be
posting information on which shows relates to which theme.  For example Kenji’s recent interview, Scott
Amblers and Kent Becks all have an agile flavor.  This will be a quick way to hit all of the
shows in a general thematic area.













There
are a number of ways to share your thoughts . .

























Future
Events and the next . . .













Conference
season is beginning!













I
will be speaking at IFPUG’s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops
Sunday, September 14 – Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington
Gateway Hotel information at www.ifpug.org.  The presentation is call “Counting Facebook”
and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM,













I
am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the
Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.  I will
be presenting “Good Numbers Go Bad” on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and
also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions
workshop.  Information can be found at
http://www.qaiquest.org/toronto/













Finally
I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th
Conference.  The conference is scheduled
for October 14 – 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal
Plaza.   The presentation is titled “One
Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me”. 
Information can be found at http://www.neqc.org/conference.













Next
Software Process and Measurement Cast:













On the next
SPaMCAST we will feature an interview with Roo Reynolds of IBM.  Roo is one of the leading forces in using
metaverses such as Second Life to rewrite how software development and collaboration
happen.  In SPaMCAST 39 you are going to
see the future so do not miss it!





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