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The Lean Success Story
It was the Toyota Production System , or Just-In-Time manufacturing. James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos coined the term “Lean” in their 1990 book, The Machine That Changed the World (Harper Perennial) Original post: The Lean Success Story … Read entire article »
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Is Lean better that Agile? | Informatica Perspectives
In contrast, Lean evolved from the Toyota Production System in the 1950′s – almost 50 years earlier. The core Lean principles and practices are: Focus on the customer and eliminate waste – JIT (Just In Time), pull; Continuously improve … Read more from the original source: Is Lean better that Agile? | Informatica Perspectives … Read entire article »
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The Headlong Pursuit of Growth, and Its Aftermath
Just like the Toyota Production System , your software method is a “vehicle” which is subject to policy decisions from above. It cannot, however, compensate for policy failures. If your company relentlessly pursues growth, … Read more: The Headlong Pursuit of Growth, and Its Aftermath … Read entire article »
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If you care about improving the way you do Web Development, read …
Another book about the Toyota Production System , and other examples of manufacturing in Japan. I thought that I would be bored/put off by the actual mechanical examples. The rest is here: If you care about improving the way you do Web Development, read … … Read entire article »
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Leaning ITIL Processes | Capping IT Off | Capgemini | Consulting …
The manufacturing process philosophy derived from the Toyota Production System which made the Japanese car manufacturer become the world’s biggest. For a Lean adept, scenario’s like above are a horror. Especially when you have an idea … Read the original post: Leaning ITIL Processes | Capping IT Off | Capgemini | Consulting … … Read entire article »
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Kanban Development Oversimplified
You’ll find a lot of terminology in Lean software development comes from Japan and from the Toyota Production System in particular. Read more here: Kanban Development Oversimplified … Read entire article »
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Marc Bless: Book: Taiichi Ohno – Toyota Production System
Overall the book does not unveil the deep details how to implement a Toyota -like production system but it gives great background information why and how this system was invented with all its principles and practices. See the original post: Marc Bless: Book: Taiichi Ohno – Toyota Production System … Read entire article »
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Kanban for Software Development « Thoughts on Collaborative Planning
Last Wednesday I got a full scale indoctrination into the agile software development methodology called Kanban, loosly based on the Toyota Production System (TPS) mechanism with the same name. Here is the original post: Kanban for Software Development « Thoughts on Collaborative Planning … Read entire article »
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TPS = Agile? | limitedwipsociety.org
Keith Swenson, a new subscriber to the kanbandev Yahoo group, explains some of the parallels he sees between the Toyota Production System and current ideas. See more here: TPS = Agile? | limitedwipsociety.org … Read entire article »
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There Is No End State When Transitioning to Agile | Mike Cohn's …
I couldn’t agree more and htis is also the thought processes (from my readings) about the Toyota Production System . You define a better state and you move form your current state to the better state. You may not achieve that fully or … Read the rest here: There Is No End State When Transitioning to Agile | Mike Cohn's … … Read entire article »
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