Tag: lean
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“Collaboration Explained” (Book Review)
The book “Collaboration Explained” by Jean Tabaka was published in 2006 and had been on my ‘books to read’ list for quite a while before I finally got my hands on it. Jean Tabaka specialises in Agile software development and has worked closely with a host of businesses and teams to implement Agile methodologies. In “Collaboration…
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What on earth is “mob programming”?!
The other day I heard Woody Zuill – an Agile Coach at Hunter Industries in San Diego, US – speak about “mob programming”. At first, the simpleton in me thought this meant writing code dressed in fancy suits, wearing shady hats and stylish sunglasses … Woody corrected this presumption fairly swiftly: “mob programming” involves having…
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Seeing the Toyota way in action
After having read a lot about the Toyota way of doing things, I had a chance to visit the Toyota plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Every now and then Toyota open up their factories to public visits and I went in there a few months ago to see things for myself. Reading books like The Toyota Way…
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Book review: “Impact Mapping”
“Impact Mapping” is only 73 pages long but quality definitely rules over quantity in the case of this book by software delivery consultant Gojko Adzic. Too often we run the risk of diving into a software project or a product backlog without taking a step back to wonder “WHY?” or “HOW?”. If this sounds even…
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Book review: “Developing Products in Half the Time”
Partly due to the advocates of the Lean Startup movement, these days lots of people in the product space talk about rapid product development and looking at ways to get their products to market faster. Actually, one could argue that the roots of this idea are much older and the book “Developing Products in Half…
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