Mary and Tom Poppendieck will be giving two classes in April and a free talk: April 27-28: Lean Software Development, practitioners class April 29 Free talk:...
Hi Mary! I was visiting http://www.poppendieck.com/llsd.htm to see if chapter 6 was available for review. I didnt seem to be able to access ANY of chapters...
Hello Brad, I couldn't post Chapter 6 because it began with a case study that was awaiting approval from the involved company, so I could not make it public. I...
Agenda & Program ================ Quite simply the greatest ever assembled group of experts in Lean software development will be convening in Miami in May to...
In a semi-private exchange recently, I raised some questions on this subject. I'd like to summarize some key points from that exchange then hopefully continue...
To prime the pump some more and with the author's approval, here are Brian Kennedy's comments from the aforementioned thread (thanks Brian!): ....... It is...
Thank You for the beautifully formed statement. I would like to add two factors or view points to this problem: 1) The system needs slack, overburden or...
Hi, We've just got 2 weeks left till Deep Agile 2009 in Cambridge MA. We have done far better than expected on sponsorships and early registrations, so can...
I would like to request that Henrik, Gabrielle, Tom, Mary, or others that are on the trip to Japan post a short bit about the trip each day. Would that be...
******************************************************************** Seminar on April 25th and 26th Deep Agile 2009: Agile for Embedded Systems Jack Ganssle...
Good suggestion, Robin, I will try to do that. Mary Poppendieck 952-934-7998 www.poppendieck.com Author of: Lean Software Development & Implementing Lean...
Sunday is arrival day for the Lean Study tour, but Henrik Kniberg got here earlier with his family. His blog about Lean at Tokyo Disney Resort is at ...
Hi All, Just thought you might be interested in this interview at Agile 2008 on implementing Lean Organizations to Support Agile Teams. cheers, Robin. -- Robin...
Absolutely Robin. Agile footing in the industry here is still at its infantry and need a lot of these to out subject into better perspectives. Thank you and...
Well the point here is not the HAVE construction zones during the day. Mary Poppendieck 952-934-7998 www.poppendieck.com Author of: Lean Software Development &...
We started Tuesday with a long train ride to Nagoya, and went to the Toyota spinning and weaving museum - the roots of Toyota's Stop-the-Line philosophy. We...
Today was a free day of sorts; I gave a talk at Agile Japan 2009. My talk was followed with one by Kuriowa-san, a former Toyota IT manager. He told the...
Hello Mary, Nice to hear these thoughts, thanks for sharing. IMHO, the most dificult thing when looking for the "bad news first" has to do with the people's...
Janice Linden-Reed has been working with the hotel to put together a tourist program for spouses/partners/significant others coming to Miami with speakers and...
Hello, Mary. Very interesting report. The "bad news first" notion really got me thinking. ... Interesting. When I assess just about anything, I think "bad news...
... Actually, I would say my listeners fall in two camps - "those that are doing the work" and "those that are consultants helping others do the work." I...
"Bad news first" is an interesting concept, and, at first sight it makes a lot of sense. On the other hand, this philosophy seems to be in stark contrast to ...
I noticed the contrast as well. They are both ways of seeing and responding to reality. AI takes emotions into explicit account. What they both really contrast...