In the recent issue of the IEEE Software magazine, there was an article (Magne Jørgensen, Stein Grimstad, "Avoiding Irrelevant and Misleading Information When...
Hi Robin, Thanks for your reply (and sorry for not answering earlier, I'm been quite busy lately ;-)) Your thinking tool may be useful, I will see if I can use...
That's fascinating Ted. Thanks for sharing it. ... -- Clarke Ching www.clarkeching.com +44(0)7920114893 That's fascinating Ted. Thanks for sharing it. On Sat,...
can someone give me a short few lines on the difference between lean and scrum? they seam so overlapping. agile and lean, with scrum being one way to do...
... and scrum? they seam so overlapping. agile and lean, with scrum being one way to do agile. ... Jeff: This is much more than you want, but I wrote an...
... I always describe it as a triangle. - XP - -- Agile -- ... - Learning Organization - The higher up you go the more specific the practices. The lower down ...
so is mary's book a further detail of your article? your article is very helpful, but i am thinking i should go back and revist that book for even further...
... is very helpful, but i am thinking i should go back and revist that book for even further detail focused on what you wrote here. ... I'm not sure I'd...
Hi Jeff, There is another aspect that should be considered as well. Toyota's model of product development has some very specific practices and roles that have...
Robin, A couple of thoughts on your post, based on my (possibly outdated and certainly limited) knowledge of NPD at Toyota... The "heroism" aspect of...
thanks. i have seen a repeated statement of "adherance to schedules" which seemst to comflict to some extent in agile. I mean if you look at the level of a...
Jeff, In Toyota's culture, no manager would allow his/her department not to meet a time commitment. Such a mistake would be career limiting, at best. So, each...
Hi Dave, What this still implies is that uncertainty in schedule is solved for with overtime from the team. In looking at the lexus case, this was a $1B ...
That is all well and good but some headcounting shows the toyota manager has more than enough people with sufficient skill, knowledge and experience to have...
Robin, I don't quite agree with you yet. At Toyota there is NO uncertainty in the schedule - it is fixed, and will be met. What is uncertain is the technical...
Mike, If you've read my other post, then you might have noticed that Toyota is not investing in the future, they are focused on reducing the costs of the...
I'd be a little careful thinking about fixed time phases/tasks at Toyota. I think that fixed time tasks can only be set when the team capability is stable and...
Allan, Makes sense. A lot. Introspectively, I attribute some of my failures to make agility/learning stick was operating at inappropriate levels of the ...
Hi everyone, One of the things that really bothers me about Agile - as a movement/revolution - is that a lot of good people are missing out on the benefits of...
Hmm. Explain the Prius in that logic. Michael F. Dwyer "Planning constantly peers into the future for indications as to where a solution may emerge." "A Plan...
Mike What part of the Prius design story most concerns you? I only know the parts that have been published, but I'm happy to try to relate any specific item to...
I promised to pass this on. While waiting for a plane, I was asked if I knew of Agilists who were good Project Managers, ScrumMasters, in the New England area...
Actually, you might contact me as well. We have an equal need. We have pretty much the same requirements, and, of course, find any knowledge of Lean to be...
Hello Anders - I've worked in regulated systems too and had your same concerns. I was interested in the precision of function points but had no budget to get...
Here is a new blog entry I thought would be of interest. It is hard to talk about failure. However when you work with many projects and many teams, the odds...
I am interested to know about your experiences with scrum and projects that didn't meet expectations. Is anyone else willing to discuss when things went wrong?...
I just finished reading _The Toyota Way_, by Jeffrey Liker. Which I highly recommend: it may actually now be my favorite (non-software-specific) lean book. A...
Hi David, Many things here, but I do have an info on A3 Reports. I was inspired by the book to try A4 Reports (considering that it was the only format I could...
... One thing that struck me in the software development context is its principle 13: "Make Decisions Slowly by Consensus, Thoroughly Considering All Options;...
... I am interested to know about your experiences with scrum and projects that didn't meet expectations. Is anyone else willing to discuss when things went...
