What would be some worthwhile cycle times to track? We're an XP shop primarily and we've tried tracking cycle times of a stories from when we start development...
... <snip> ... Rob, Since there can be a hierarchy of features in any development with the whole product or a major release as the largest level, I can't see...
I may be misinterpreting what you mean by measuring features a la Mike Cohn. If you mean from when features are selected to be worked on, I would be very...
John Roth said: Doesn't this kind of say that Scrum _isn't_ a great process? I agree that Scrum is insufficient. At the enterprise level Lean must be used....
Hello, John. On Friday, February 2, 2007, at 11:22:05 AM, you ... I suspect that Scrum and Agile are great processes in the region of space-time that they...
Hello, John. On Friday, February 2, 2007, at 2:04:22 PM, you ... I confess that I had hoped for something we could rub on and cure people with, but this is...
Hi John, While reading this an idea occurred to me: The mandate to succeed must be stronger than the resistance of "status quo". If organizational barriers,...
I don't think you were misinterpretting... So can you only do this when a true external customer requests this? What about a product that serves 1000s of...
The customer doesn't have to be external. In IT organizations the customer will certainly be internal. When you have lots of customers you need to have this...
My belief about why Lean doesn't work in many organizations is encapsulated in the last sentence of my reply. You may be amused to know that as estimable an...
John: While I agree that you cannot serve two masters I think Lean gives you a way to serve customers while having a big bank account. By focusing on adding...
Various cycle times are possible, but in the end, if you want to find system waste, then you need to start and end the measurement of cycle time with the ...
Hi, You made me think of Winston Churchill (guided the development of the military tank and such - I like to compare agile thinking to such breakthrough...
Hi, It seems to me that the thinking production system also carries the idea of ongoing working-guy improvements. Toyota are apt to have an engineer on the...
What a wonderful quote - I have added it to my list of unforgettable quotes. ... Mary Poppendieck 952-934-7998 www.poppendieck.com Author of: Lean Software...
... Good point Alan. I was refering to the team productivity (velocity) expressed as Story Points per iteration where only points for delivered stories...
The measurement of features in units meaningful to customer is the basis of Capabilities Based Planning and the accompanying Deliverables Based Scheduling that...
... It sounds to me as if you might want to discuss team enthusiasm and participation in your iteration retrospectives. ... If your concept of Lean-Scrum is...
Hi Glen, Reviewed a paper on this, below is the summary. After reviewing the paper, I'm confused as to the value it offers to IT project governance compared to...
Robin, The primary value to IT goes like this: 1. When defining requirements the natural inclination is to define features and functions. 2. What's missing is...
[This is long, but it's based on Lean and there are some wonderful thinkers here, so I'll post it here in the hopes that it's a positive contribution.] Is...
Hi, How about expressing sets as sets of tree branches on a conifer tree? As the tree grows it adds new sets of branches as late as possible (depending on...
... <excerpt> However I haven't given enough thought to how to express sets of designs. The design sets have commonality and variability that might be...
Hi Mel, We can talk about this architectural strategy and that architectural strategy.. but just because we can envision it does not mean we can implement it...
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... However, today's technology does provide us some tools in creating set-based architectures. Technologies such as frameworks that provide Declarative...
... How about expressing sets as sets of tree branches on a conifer tree? As the tree grows it adds new sets of branches as late as possible (depending on...
