I really enjoyed your article. I can see some inspiration from A3s and maybe the Toyota Kata here.
The lean is waste reduction has always chaffed me. Mainly because people struggle to know what waste is. Even if you wrote the classic seven wastes, people still have a hard time attributing things correctly.
So one thing that you hit on at the end that I'd love more people do before they start any such lean endeavors is:
Know what the whole purpose of what you're doing is.
The purpose isn't improving the process. The purpose isn't writing software. The purpose is tied to a mission or a goal. Only when that is deeply understood can waste be identified. Once you really know your goal you can see the things in the way, the things slowing you down. Now you can apply your canvas and experiment.
Thank you for sharing your feedback! I really appreciate it 😄
100%. Knowing which is your purpose should drive everything you do, otherwise you take decisions based on what?
I seen too much "lean" arguments, which all were correct just because there was no shared goal/purpose, that let into the wrong direction and creating a false sense of "lean improvement".
Out of curiosity have you ever read the little book This is Lean? It treats this subject so elegantly. I've never found a better explanation of these concepts, some of the math, and great down to earth examples.
I really enjoyed your article. I can see some inspiration from A3s and maybe the Toyota Kata here.
The lean is waste reduction has always chaffed me. Mainly because people struggle to know what waste is. Even if you wrote the classic seven wastes, people still have a hard time attributing things correctly.
So one thing that you hit on at the end that I'd love more people do before they start any such lean endeavors is:
Know what the whole purpose of what you're doing is.
The purpose isn't improving the process. The purpose isn't writing software. The purpose is tied to a mission or a goal. Only when that is deeply understood can waste be identified. Once you really know your goal you can see the things in the way, the things slowing you down. Now you can apply your canvas and experiment.
Thank you for sharing your feedback! I really appreciate it 😄
100%. Knowing which is your purpose should drive everything you do, otherwise you take decisions based on what?
I seen too much "lean" arguments, which all were correct just because there was no shared goal/purpose, that let into the wrong direction and creating a false sense of "lean improvement".
Exactly!
Out of curiosity have you ever read the little book This is Lean? It treats this subject so elegantly. I've never found a better explanation of these concepts, some of the math, and great down to earth examples.
No, I haven't read that book! But it looks promising, definitely I will read it :)