I'm putting together a half day to full day education workshop for a bunch of execs around lean software delivery. I've given the execs some previous training...
Jeff, I don't believe in games - especially for executives. I always have them work on real problems from their own environment. It's so much easier to get...
Hi Pete, Thanks for this. The interesting thing to me is that there isn't a consensus for the use of the term "Software Engineering" to describe what we do. I...
Jeff, You may also try having them run a problem solving A3 building based in a real issue in their organization. This could be a great follow-up to Mary's...
Mary, I understand your viewpoint. Its rational. However, from what I have observed about Luke Hohmann's work and his effect - his "games" have a stickiness to...
Mary, The venue will not have any junior folks their, do you still feel that real VSMs would be worhwhile in the absense of junior folks? We were also thinking...
Greetings, I have been given the task of putting together a reading list to help an entire company (meaning all employees) understand Lean. There is already a...
I have to admit, Luke has some really good games! Cheers, Mary Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: Arun Batchu <arun@...> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010...
You are right to be concerned about VSM's with no front line folks. You may get a lot of wishful thinking. I don't have experience with lean legos. Mary Sent...
I recommend John Shook's blog on Lean.org. And Jim Womack's monthly newsletter. Mary Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: "Alan" <alanatat@...> ...
For the broad overview of an end to end perspective, I recommend Lean Thinking and Lean Solutions. The Toyota Way is also a classic and worth reading, though...
Hi all, The Agile community in Quebec City will be hosting an Agile Tour in October, a full day of Agile presentations, workshops, experience reports for I.T...
... Perhaps try Laurent Bossavit of France. He was a speaker at XP Day Montréal in 2006. J.B. Rainsberger is also fluent en français. Deborah Hartmann is...
2010/3/1 Arun Batchu <arun@...> ... Arun can you give us an idea which of Luke's games you would run with? If so what has worked well and what you would do...
While I do agree with Mary's point that games many not work with many execs - I go for an it depends. During my initial assessment if discover that there is a...
Hi guys I have reached the reorder point in my current book and need reading tips. You don't need to repeat any tips you have previously posted on this list if...
Mark, ... In the context of understanding Lean principles, I have not thought about the fit. Perhaps none, as they exist are fit enough to illustrate the form...
Dear all, I just finished one idea I had in mind for quite some time. It's the story (comic book style) of a funny panda who tries to implement Scrum in...
For the 3'rd time in a row we are arranging a Go See For Yourself study trip to Japan and we still have seats available. The tour takes place April 19-23. We...
Repected list members Just wanted to drop folks like Paul, Alan, Mary and the rest a line to let them know that the advice from this list around doing value...
Welcome to the party. We had a similar reaction in doing a VSM exercise for the dev process and identifying huge waste in the IT ops department (really slow...
As we all know, the key value proposition of the VSM visualization exercise is to deal with complexity (businesses are reasonably complex) and to "see waste"...
Jeff, That sounds like a difficult and uncomfortable situation. From your story, you were trying to help and now you're "in trouble". When I have faced similar...
I just finished the meeting and it actually went really well... He just wants me to differentiate between valuable feedback and bitching. The exec even wants...
Kent Thanks for the advice, ill make sure not to let my own defensive get in the way of what the "chewer" is trying to say. The conversation actually went...
Robin What's interesting is that many of the vsm don't point out massive problems within a group, but accross groups, combination of denial and the reality of...
Hello Jeff, For me, the red flag in your note was: "we found massive areas of improvement in their governance approach". Finding problems in other departments...
How dare you accuse me of giving you advice :-) I just told my story. Congratulations on being offered the opportunity to be beaten by people with bigger...
Wow. I *just* read "Managing to Learn" this week, and as I was reading Jeff's note, I was thinking to myself, "Man, this sounds like a job for A3 thinking." Of...
