Last week we described our visit to Toyota Factory. We were lucky to join Mazda Tour in Hiroshima just two days later, so with fresh memories, we could compare these two car manufacturers. We’ve noticed several interesting differences and we’d like to share three of them with you.
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Sometimes lean principles are easier to understand when we find them operating in completely unexpected places. This talk will take you to marketplaces around the world, on arctic expeditions, down whitewater rapids, and into research labs to see lean principles in action. Because sometimes the ideas that seem so counterintuitive in our daily lives become completely obvious when the game has changed.
ABE Light 18 | Mary Poppendieck | Four Metaphors For Lean Read More »
Agile Manifesto is a set of guiding values and principles for Agile software development. It was first introduced in 2001 by a group of software developers who were frustrated with the traditional, bureaucratic approach to software development.
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Ever since I read “Toyota Way” by Jeffry Liker almost ten years ago, I was hoping to see Toyota Production System (TPS) live. Finally, my wish come true today during our trip to Japan we’ve visited Toyota city and joined the Takaoka Plant tour.
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Many efficiency guides will tell you what you need to do to increase your effectiveness. More time for sport, connecting with others or education. Meanwhile, Toyota, the leader in the Lean approach, says the opposite. To increase your efficiency you need to do less. You need to find waste and then systematically remove it.
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Scrum is commonly adopted in software product development. It comes as no surprise that other business areas show interest in using it. However, until recently, creating physical products using iterative approach seemed to be impossible. But the landscape has changed and the adaptive hardware development is gaining popularity.
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Agile engineering practices is a misleading name. It suggests that only engineers should pay attention to them. Of course, there are many practices that are primarily aimed at engineers, but improving the process and paying off technical debt, requires approval from ‘those at the top’. The problem is that the decision-makers do not always see the value in refactoring and paying off technical debt. Rather, what matters to them is money, budgets, ROI, and delivering value to stakeholders.
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Learn the fundamental principles of Scrum that will help you manage projects effectively. Learn how iterative work processes, transparency and continuous improvement can contribute to your team’s success.
We agile veterans know that simply transforming a company’s IT team to agility without affecting the rest of the business is the equivalent of putting a high performance engine and steering system inside of a freight train. You’ll likely get where you are going faster, but you’ll still go to the same places, hauling pretty much the same cargo. (Maybe just more of the cargo at the same speed).
Richard Sheridan – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Agility Read More »
Fun and Interactive Simulation on How Different Organizational Designs Affect Product Delivery
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