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 ...
Hi Folks I am looking into Lean to try to reduce the time it takes my development group to turn a development request into something that starts making or...
Hello Dave, We (www.poppendieck.com) offer Lean Software Development training, and in the past we have offered it in Australia at the request of individual ...
Mary Thanks very much for the reply. I would love to get you out to give some training here but with only 8 people in the devlopment group I suspect we...
Hello Mary, This message raises the question: Is it possible to learn lean development principles and have a successful integration of these lean practices in...
I know of two companies that have reported at conferences that they read our book on Lean Software Development, studied it carefully, and then implemented very...
I just read Mary and Tom Poppendieck's book and thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks to Mary and Tom for writing such an eye-opening read. I've been thinking about...
... Measure the defect rate per iteration. Expect it to go down. Any time spent working on a defect is time not spent on new features. Then measure your cycle...
... You just said it. Measure the time, for each feature, from slating or scheduling that feature's details, and collecting profit from the feature. (That's...
... I agree. Those are good indicators. I think it will become clear over the lifetime of the project that we are getting less done per cycle time or need...
