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Poppendieck: Ten Simple Rules of Lean Programming
06 February 08 03:31 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

After my last post referring to a webinar by Durward Sobek, he got me thinking again about the fantastic work of Mary and Tom Poppendieck . They are such a great force for evangelizing lean software development. I highly recommend their two books on the Read More...

Filed under: lean, software development methods, Lean Software

Applying Lean Thinking in software development... model Lean product development
04 February 08 06:07 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

I like what Mark Ramm says here .... There's much that software development can gain from Lean manufacturing. It's not that software development operations should adopt manufacturing processes, per se -- but many of the principles of lean thinking can Read More...

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Enterprise Agility | NetObjectives: SIPOC helps you figure out where to start
30 January 08 07:33 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Some very good basic advice here from Jim Trott at NetObjectives about applying lean principles and systems thinking to improve software development. An excerpt: "When it comes to analyzing where to start in helping a development organization, it often Read More...

Filed under: systems thinking, adaptive, lean

Optimizing the consumer value stream
03 July 07 11:33 PM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

Technorati Tags: systems thinking , lean , consumer experience , web 2.0 , next web , loyalty Are you thinking about your consumers' personal value stream?  The businesses I generally work with are familiar with the notion of a value chain or a value Read More...

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A GREAT collection of Lean Software Development Info
14 June 07 02:26 PM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Technorati Tags: systems thinking , lean manufacturing , lean , six sigma , learning , software development methods I just stumbled across Brad Appleton's fantastic collection of resources on Lean and Agile software development .  Books, presentations, Read More...

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Why bother with lean? Because it Rocks!!
18 January 07 12:13 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

My last post left off with the following set of questions: Why bother with lean? Really, why would we want to imitate an old and slow industry like manufacturing? Especially given it's long and steady decline in the United States. With the acceleating Read More...

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Lean Everywhere
17 January 07 11:29 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Lean manufacturing has been around for a long time. Many of the principles of lean were identified in Henry Ford's work before the US Great Depression of the 1930s, and significantly extrended by Kiichiro Toyoda and Taiichi Ohno during the middle of the Read More...

Filed under: innovation, adaptive, healthcare, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, change, Toyota, secret sauce, lean, Lean Everywhere