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Please join us on Oct 18th. Regards, Joe...
Joseph Little
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Oct 2, 2007
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A group of us where I work are exploring different team models for software development. We have been using scrum and have our teams aligned that way at the...
fighterchick2001
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Oct 2, 2007
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This is the standard model in the aerospace and defense systems world. The CE is applicable for all disciplines, not just software development. The Systems...
Glen Alleman
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Oct 2, 2007
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Hi I happen to be in this role in the department (16 to 20+ people depending on how you count). I wouldn't like to go into specifics of how we work, however, I...
Artem Marchenko
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Oct 2, 2007
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... Mary P, IIRC, puts it like this: A team cannot develop rapidly unless any member could swap roles with any other member at any time. At my current gig, we...
Phlip
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Oct 3, 2007
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Philp, My sense is the "Chief Engineer" in the OP is more like Hiroshi Fujii the "Chief Engineer" of the 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X. The CE concept is popular in...
Glen Alleman
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Oct 3, 2007
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Since we are on the topic of roles within a lean software development team, I would like to solicit views on the role & responsibilities of project management...
reevesje_yh
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Oct 3, 2007
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As a direct answer to your question, yes, there are Lean Certification programs offered online. VillaNova University offers an online program on Lean Six...
lindamcook3000
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Oct 3, 2007
10:50 pm
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I heard Mary speak at the Agile Business Conference yesterday (it was great) and have a follow up question. You mentioned in the panel discussion that at 3M,...
Tamara Petroff
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Oct 4, 2007
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(note: earliest posting I found of this was from May 2007 http://talk.ocregister.com/showthread.php?t=28235 not sure where it originated) Modern Parable A...
Robin Dymond
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Oct 4, 2007
6:04 pm
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Thank you for the responses. It seems like the Chief Engineer role would take some time to develop. I don't see the point of designating some one this title...
Kara Silva
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Oct 5, 2007
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... Why is a self-organizing team a good thing? -- Phlip...
Phlip
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Oct 5, 2007
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I have been asked more times than I care to count: "How do we make sure we are working on the right thing?" It is the job of a Chief Engineer to determine...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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Kara, My view is that the Chief Engineer integrates the product-level role of Product Owner and ScrumMaster in the hierarchy of Scrum teams that Ken outlines...
Alfvin, Peter
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Oct 5, 2007
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My take on certification is summed up nicely by The Wizard of Oz (talking to Scarecrow): "Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
2:09 pm
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... I've have expected that responsibility to lie in the hands of a marketing-titled person not an engineering-titled person, in most companies I visit. Any...
Ron Jeffries
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Oct 5, 2007
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A rough ROI is pretty much the same as a rough cost/benefit analysis. You start by dividing the problem into cost and payback. Start with payback. What can...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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... I'm not Mary, but, in my view, this is a key difference between lean and XP or Scrum: Toyota has a single Chief Engineer who is competent to make key...
David Carlton
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Oct 5, 2007
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Hi Ron, I observe that when products are basically technical, it takes technical vision as well as market savvy to produce brilliant products. In addition, ...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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The "chief engineer" role looks to me like the definition of a product manager. Someone who spans the marketing and technical areas and has P&L responsibility...
Robin Dymond
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Oct 5, 2007
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Hi Pete, I basically agree with you, although I propose that it would be far better for a company to strive toward creating effective management practices ...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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Indeed this is true, the Chief Engineer can be two people as long as they are "joined at the hip." Intuit, for example, has a brand manager and a technical...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
7:08 pm
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Hi Mary, Thanks for this explanation. I too teach to have the product owner/architect pair being responsible for backlogs, story ranking etc. Like Ron, I can't...
Hubert Smits
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Oct 5, 2007
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So, Robyn, I would ask how competitive the financial companies are if they farm out challenging technical problems? Perhaps they do not need technical ...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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Just look at the founders of most successful technology companies and you will usually find a Chief Engineer. Unfortunately, quite often they fail to clone...
Mary Poppendieck
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Oct 5, 2007
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I'm always interested in disruption. :) There are disruptive technology based companies in financial services, the hedge funds spring to mind. However the big...
Robin Dymond
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Oct 5, 2007
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... Yes ... I certainly share that view but then my history of having marketing people making decisions that I considered technical might make us expect that....
Ron Jeffries
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Oct 5, 2007
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... Yes. I think it is a mistaken impression that there is a firewall there. We seem to agree that some"one" has to make the decisions. The best XP and Scrum...
Ron Jeffries
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Oct 5, 2007
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You're on a roll today, Mary. :-) I love the Wizard of Oz quote. ;-) I think the answer to the question of which approach is better boils down to whether...
Alfvin, Peter
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Oct 5, 2007
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When I was an engineer programming computers for process control systems, the project engineer did not play the typical project manager role as it is generally...
Mary Poppendieck
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