Phlip, David, To understand more about how Toyota designs vehicles (and builds custom SW, although that's never mentioned in the book), read Michael Kennedy's...
Hi David - good to ear from you! As a matter of fact, when I translate the "7 wastes" into software development, I translate "extra processing" into...
Is it possible that some knowledge is priorly unknown for the organization, so that the term re-learning is not applied. For example, like some unused features...
... Given that Toyota seems decades ahead of the rest of the world in many areas, I'm not sure that being at least 6 years out of date should be considered a...
Mary, You ask the most interesting questions! In my meeting with the Toyota IT coordinator (which occured about 2.5 years ago, since I no longer work with...
I have been pondering over the notion of creating 1 piece flow in the production cycle. Currently we have the notion of a release where features are requested...
Dave: Thanks for this note. It just made me think of another time in my career where I did something like this (making IT people know more about the business)...
... Sure. But the same reasoning suggests that inserting frequent buffers is a good idea (as, in fact, Toyota seems to be doing in this case), because that...
David, I can at least answer the first paragraph's questions. You've hit on one of the ways where Lean, as understood by the disciples of Womack and Jones,...
... Tal: have you tried doing a "5-whys" exercise together with representatives from the different disciplines you mention? This might give you insights into...
... Perhaps a central continuous integration server, which knows which tests are easy (take just a few seconds to run) and runs those on every check-in, you'd...
Tal, Does your regression testing routinely find errors? Test-and-fix cycles at the end of development means you are testing (or integrating and testing) too...
One piece flow for software is great. It's the ultimate iteration - of one story length. You regression testing system is a monument. If you want to go lean...
Well, you can't really avoid the single element buffer if you want to implement pull. Well, there are three contradicting concepts as part of Lean. And...
(Apologies for coming in half through this thread, I've been away, I felt I wanted to comment from my own experiences.) ... I think you are completely right....
Fast Company has a story about the Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky plant in the most recent (Jan-Feb) issue. It discusses the role of a manger at a Toyota...
Thanks Mary for the article. I many of our IT consulting engagement our organizational change initiatives struggle to gain traction. This will be a good...
Here is a link to an excellent blog entry describing the negative effects of partially finished work in software development projects. The author also ...
Many folks interested in how to apply the ideas of lean to software development have read many of the good books that explain how lean works in other areas....
How does a manager teach Kaizen to his/her employees? I am blessed enough to work as a manager for a team of 25 talented software development professional. A...
Hello, Hank. On Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at 5:35:10 PM, you ... The only way I know: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ShuHaRi Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com ...
Tom, thank you for the pointer. The book is on its way. "3000 innovations a day" What an incredible number! That immediately says that improvement is a...
Tom, Just another note of thanks for the reference to The Elegant Solution. I picked up a copy this evening. I was pleasantly surprised to see mention of Tufte...
How does Toyota get the solutions implemented? I'm used to hearing that the payback period is too long to make it worthwhile to implement an improvement. ...
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