Hello all, (Please forgive the cross-posting) I hope you all had a great summer, weather notwithstanding! We're pleased to announce our schedule for the coming...
Hi, Just wanted to check in the group if anyone uses any light weight tools for systems thinking diagrams (like causal loops etc..) I tend to use a some of...
Design Structure Matrix is a great tool. I like to do this 3 ways: Draw the spaghetti drawing of "who" (the organization flows and dependencies) Turn this...
For the Mac, I really appreciate Flying Logic (www.flyinglogic.com). It's good for many kinds of bubble-and-arrow diagrams: all of the Logical Thinking...
I use MindMaps everywhere I can but they are not enough to hammer this nail. Ever since I say Mike use Flying Logic, I have been aspiring to experiment with...
Yea another DSM user. DSM is the basis of lean processes here in Aerospace and Defense as well as all planning and stratgey  Glen Alleman ... From: Catherine...
Catherine, ... What do you use to draw the spaghetti drawing? -- Don (336)414-4645 Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. Mark Twain Unlearn...
Really high tech: A chalk board and a piece of chalk, or a white board and a dry eraser (and the brains of the team....'nope, you forgot about xyz that we ...
Catherine, ... Ah, another Really Jolly solution. I got lost in a then/there thought with the DFD tools I used to use that would cascade down until I had the...
Don, In the defense biz we use white board, handwaving, sticky notes, and any other "low tech" tool to capture the raw materials Then the DSM tool is used to...
glen, ... And I'm assuming, as Catherine said "the brains of the team". I'm a fan of kinesthetic materials and collaboration. ... I get a cookie error on this...
I have used OmniGraffle, a diagram drawing tool, to create TLTP diagrams. The main problem is that there is no automatic numbering of entities. Otherwise, I...
Hi, folks - I'll keep this short and sweet because you can get all the details on our website at http://www.agilebazaar.org/ We've got two excellent upcoming...
All, Due to an increasing number of requests I'm putting out a call for people to submit papers to be put into a Lean & Kanban booklet that will be available...
Don, Sorry, sent you my log on session Try this http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/39084/home But start with the DSM site at MIT for most of these...
I know of one company that does maintenance of legacy code generate a DSM from the code and use the results to improve their maintenance approach. Apparently...
Mary, The Lattix tool can "discover" the architecture of the code, suggest re-architecting activities and you can use those re-architecting to improve the...
Dear Friends, This is just to let you know that Tom had a moderate stroke today. He is in the hospital, able to talk and think clearly, but dizzy and not on...
Our prayers are with you and Tom, Mary! Please keep us posted on his progress! Jim Schiel ... Our prayers are with you and Tom, Mary! Please keep us posted on...
Hey George, this made me smile. It was pretty much Tom's first reaction too. Mary Poppendieck 952-934-7998 www.poppendieck.com Author of: Lean Software...
A smiling Tom makes me happy. I nearly had a heart attack when I read the subject line. I'm thinking of both of you and a speedy recovery Tom. For some reason...
Hi folks, Just a reminder about the Agile Ottawa season kickoff meetup tonight at 7:00 PM at the Clocktower Pub at 575 Bank St. in Ottawa. See you there! ...
All the best to Tom, wishing him a quick recovery. I've two questions for Tom: - Do you have a series of value stream maps to help the hospital understand ...
