Hello, I've been lurking on this list for a couple of months but this is the first time I've posted. Now I have a question about the use of CRC/Kanban cards...
... [I'd call it a "story card" or "feature card" approach; CRC refers to an object design technique using cards] ... I'd say I have mixed experience. The good...
I would caution that electronic tracking systems are really queues, and the idea behind lean is to minimize queues. My observation is that electronic queues...
... How does this advice help the OP empty their long queue? The answer is that ownership of the priorities of all potential "marching orders" to the...
Hi Allan, I read through this whole thread, but thought I'd come back and post off your original. Kanban systems are designed to limit the work-in-process...
For those who recall the previous threads on "The 5 Orders of Traceability and Ignorance" and "Traceability is /not/ TRUST-a-bility" (and the corresponding...
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Hi All, Here is a seminar that might be of interest to you: Charlie Poole and I are running a three-day workshop in London and Dublin this June. Charlie's...
I just ran across a new article by James Womack and Danial Jones called "Lean Consumption." It is in the March 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review. ...
Hi, Don't forget that the Call for Sessions for XP Day Benelux 2005 (http://www.xpday.net/Xpday2005/CallForSessions.html) will close on July 11th. You can send...
Does anyone know about or have experience with the PS 2000 contract format used in Norway? I have heard a bit about it and it sounds interesting. I'd love to...
This may interest and/or amuse some of you... It's about what Agile Teams should expect from an SCM process. Comments welcome, especially as we plan to do a...
Hi all, I'm interested in Value Stream Mapping (VSM). I got the book about VSM, but it contains examples about engineering plant. Can someone give me a link to...
Probably the best place to start is the Poppendieck's (authors of the book you reference below) website http://www.poppendieck.com/index.htm Kent J. McDonald ...
Hello everybody. Reading the Foreword of the book Lean Software Development I caught myself on thought that I still do not hear about any software company, ...
... That's because they call it "Agile" now. A search will return hundreds of hits. And, of course, quite a few of them will be poseurs trying to look like...
Hello everyone, I am thinking of writing a second edition of the Lean Software Development book, and I'm looking for advice: 1. Would you like to see a second...
... yay! ... The manager-level Agile books tend to just say "test a lot". The concept that tests drive development, at all scales, needs more exploration. TDD...
Mary and Tom: Please don't touch your book. Write a new book (a "how to" book, based on your excellent course, perhaps), but please don't break what doesn't...
I'm inclined to the same position - don't. Every time you add something to the book you make it longer, when you make it longer it becomes a more daunting...
Mary, There is growing interest from the CXO level in lean. I'd like to see some treatment of how to lead a lean transformation from a CXO perspective. Jim...
I second this organizational perspective. Just today and yesterday I was at the International Conference on Agility (ICAM 2005; overall emphasis more on ...
And as to the audience, I might propose that a new book might perhaps target those people that manage the people that manage software development projects....
... Hmm. Then look at threads like "extreme programming (thoughts)" on USENET, or "Article on XP pathologies?" on the XP mailing list. They are about teams...
I agree with most of the other comments here - the book is excellent as it is, don't change it. Also in tune with other comments, the principles and tools are...
Jim, Mary, all, There is an excellent book from Michael Kennedy - Product Development for the Lean Enterprise. I use this book when talking to CxO level folk....
Hubert, Yes, it's a good book. I spoke at a product development conference last year and met Michael who was very interested in what was going on in the agile ...
