Dear Kevin, I think "extinguished" is not a responsible description of what happens when accountability meets blame. People are perfectly capable of holding ...
I am a new member of this group. I really liked Kent Beck's answer. Indeed, in my experience, accountability can counteract blame. Marina Shalmon Boston, Ma ...
LAST CALL: We have a good group, and have a few seats available. Mike has the implementingscrum.com site, with the great cartoons. (And a sense of humor.) ...
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In working on my book: Lean Anti-Patterns and What to Do About Them I have written a short description of lean that I thought others might find useful: Lean is...
Alan, Just remember the Faster, Better, Cheap phrase established by NASA bounced to ½ billion vehicles. Faster, better, cheaper needs careful consideration of...
I seriously doubt many others remember that. I think there is a new coming of the phrase out there. One of the tenants of lean is that if you pay attention to...
... Alan, the phrase "faster, better, cheaper" still has a bitter aftertaste for those who were NASA contractors. It was a euphemism for schedule pressure and...
Well then I wouldn't use it in that area. I didn't realize that context. Actually, I've used faster, higher quality, lower cost (but that's the same I know). ...
Cheaper was the sole focus, it seemed to me. We joked that normally you got to choose two of the three, but the management initiatives from the top and...
Hi, Was it related to the "fast, cheap, and out of control" work? ... bye, vic -- "Invention is a flower; innovation is a weed" -- Bob Metcalf Vic Williams...
... Joe Rainsberger has been talking about replacing the word "faster" in Agile with "sooner". Would that make for a more appropriate phrase? Brandon...
... Alan, I hope you don't mind me making a point you didn't ask for feedback on. 'Anti-patterns' - really there is no such thing. The term is quite ...
... I think it avoids those memories and is more accurate. I don't think 'faster' is true, because it seems to take about the same amount of time to develop...
... on. ... Patterns. I always appreciate feedback. I also am not using the term in the way it was used in the book Anti-Patterns which I thought was...
... The thing is, NASA wasn't lean. When you just apply pressures, then it doesn't work. I suspect NASA wasn't doing faster better cheaper, but cheaper was a...
I am looking at purchasing a book on lean software development, I believe there is one avail on amazon.com now by another author. when will your book be...
... believe there is one avail on amazon.com now by another author. when will your book be avail? ... is a csm, and currently reading about lean mfg "lean...
It's not what you asked for, but while you are at it, grab a copy of Robert Townsend's "Up the Organization". It's not about software as such but is a great...
Hi, I am going to be in Belgium this December to speak at the Javapolis event. I've been asked to give a main conference session and also to teach a half day...
Hi, Jim York will lead a Certified ScrumMaster Course in Charlotte on Oct 24-25. Jim is a great, experienced coach and has a great interest in Lean. See here...
Hello Lean Development Community, As a student at Denver University, I am currently performing my capstone project on the topic of applying lean to software...
Hi, Jim York will lead a Certified ScrumMaster Course in San Antonio on Nov 6-7. Jim is a great, experienced coach and has a great interest in Lean. See here...
... We don't offer certification in Lean Software Development but we will be offering an on-line Lean Software Development course that is equivalent to our...
I thought the followers of Lean Thinking and admirers of Zara might find an interesting interpretation of the reasons of Zara's success in James Surowiecki's...
Hi Arun, Thanks for the note. I don't think the line workers in a lean environment think what would the CxO do? A lean environment makes the value chain ...
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