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Lean
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 8 of the How We Do Things series.
Everyone should basically know what a...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 7 of the How We Do Things series.
This post was co-written with Cat...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 6 of the How We Do Things series.
This post was co-written on Google...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 5 of the How We Do Things series.
In the last installment I talked...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 4 of the How We Do Things series.
Today we're going to talk about...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 3 of the How We Do Things series.
In the last post I talked...
This content comes solely from my experience, study, and a lot of trial and error (mostly error). I make no claims stating that which works for me will work for you. As with all things, your mileage may vary, and you will need to apply all knowledge through the filter of your context in order to strain out the good parts for you. Also, feel free to call BS on anything I say. I write this as much for me to learn as for you.
This is part 2 of the How We Do Things series.
Introduction
Planning is a key part of...
This week two of the members of my team finally jumped into the blogging scene in an effort to share what they've learned, give back (so to speak) to the community, and, in some ways, learn out loud.
For those of us that blog regularly (or, irregularly) it's obvious that blogging about a topic is different than knowing about a topic, and that making yourself write about something, or speak about something, is a great way to shift your perspective and think critically about what you are doing. For this reason, among others, I always encourage people on my team to...
I must start by disclaiming that I am VERY FAR from an expert on Lean. I've read some books. I've seen and been a part of a Lean implementation in a laboratory environment. I am, I hope, actively pursuing an informal but practical education in the discipline, but I am no expert. What follows is my thoughts, my thoughts only, and an open invitation to further conversation on a topic about which I feel passionate. Also I'm not an expert on Agile. I believe strongly that the idea of a named methodology applied rigidly to practice with no flexibility in...
A key part of Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System (TPS) is the idea that you should go and see for yourself what is happening on the manufacturing floor. When striving for continuous improvement, or maybe more importantly, true understanding (which must be had before improvements can be made) of the processes and problems on the production floor there is no substitute for being in the place, directly observing the people and machine processes, and when possible, putting your hands into the production line and becoming the person that performs work on the floor. This is also referred to...