Start the Agile Journey
Agile way of working, gets more and more popular in various areas, but especially in IT Development. Henrik Kniberg has made a very nice video introduction to Agile way of working. This short video offers a nice introduction.
Continue ReadingGoal is not enough we need lead objectives
Scrum with it’s daily stand-up’s, personal commitments and the focus on visibility was what made me think “this is fantastic”. LTP with its ease of Logical analyse to identify what to change to reach the goal and visualizing everything in easily read trees (Logical Thinking Process), this made me think “amassing, so simple”. Visualizing the […]
Continue ReadingDemings 14 points
Deming’s 14 Points It is surprising that some aspects like Deming’s 14 points still are valid today. Deming is was born 1900, and is known for system thinking and quality, he help Japan industries during the 1950 with improving quality and stimulate improvement, which is one of the reasons for the growing economy in Japan […]
Continue ReadingEnter The Matrix – Lean Prioritisation
Enter The Matrix – Lean Prioritisation
Continue ReadingThe Beer Game
Flow of work in your organisation and the negative effects that will happen and how you control it See Tom Looys 30 minute presentation of what he calle The Beer Game – Application of Lean and Theory of Constraints Using an Agile Wall Chart http://www.tocca.com.au/Images/FlashFiles/demoOperations.swf
Continue ReadingContinues improvements an informative video
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Continue ReadingWHAT IS THE THEORY OF CONSTRAINTS?
Contrasting Theory of Constraints and Lean Manufacturing The Theory of Constraints and Lean Manufacturing are both systematic methods for improving manufacturing effectiveness. However, they have very different approaches: The Theory of Constraints focuses on identifying and removing constraints that limit throughput. Therefore, successful application tends to increase manufacturing capacity. Lean Manufacturing focuses on eliminating waste […]
Continue ReadingWhat is Lean Coffee?
Lean Coffee started in Seattle in 2009. Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith wanted to start a group that would discuss Lean techniques in knowledge work – but didn’t want to start a whole new cumbersome organization with steering committees, speakers, and such. They wanted a group that did not rely on anything other than people […]
Continue ReadingAfraid of conflicts? A Win-Win solution Guide!
Don’t ask people to collaborate if they know that, in the end, there will be a winner and a loser. Resolving Conflicts with a win-win solution The most frequent situation that you should solve is conflicts, they happen everywhere in your surroundings. If you do not take control of the conflicts, they will just grow […]
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