... A value stream may be enormous, but a value stream map doesn't have to be. It should include a level of detail sufficient to the task at hand, not more. ...
Hi Henrik, I'm not able to access the link below. Can you post a copy on the group site? Thanx, Bill Ramos The following research paper might be of interest: ...
Thanks to everyone who offered such great advice. I've added several books to the top of my list to read (I've read the Poppendieck's books on Lean). It would...
Hi, Yahoo inserted a couple of whitespaces into the URL. This should work: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/facseminars/pdfs/Thompson_Feature_Fatigue.pdf Kind...
Here's a practical question about our Kanban effort for Sustaining Engineering. First off, just as a reminder, our group has pooled our change tickets into a...
Is there a WIP limit on kanban in testing? If there is a limit, I might let the test state fill up and stall the pipeline and then ask the team what they...
Eric, One innovation you may not have seen at Corbis when you visited was the use of small orange tickets with the team members names on them. These are...
David, Do you have images of how the orange tickets work in practice? Are they just an alternate to writing the developer's name on the board above the item,...
Instead of using post-it's I have teams create south park or simpsons characters of themselves, laminate them and put them next to the task they're working on....
Dear All I will be in Dallas as well presenting Real Options. Hope to see some of you there. Chris ... From: "David J Anderson" <netherby_uk@...> Date:...
Does anybody have suggestions for how to represent activities that can happen in parallel? In my organization, for example, once a task has gone into...
Corey, Could you elaborate a bit on how this might happen in practice? Does the same item get dropped moved to another board, with its own system WIP limit, or...
I don't think there's an exact right answer. It would seem that there are two parameters: 1. fork vs. branch&merge vs. serialize 2. decompose? Whether or...
Wanted to let you all know I've implemented a kanban board for our sustaining efforts at my plant. We are a Cummins diesel engine plant and our dept supports...
Eric, I agree with your concern for quality in the process you describe. However I think the focus of your solution may be off. I suggest you need to focus on...
Stuart, I totally agree that we should have a QA group. That being said, it won't be happening anytime soon. I'm not sure how eliminitating the Pre-UAT step...
I posted a proposal for a tutorial: http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/957 Feedback from the group would be welcome. Corey Starting a Kanban System for...
Eric, We agree you should have a separate QA group of professional testers. Since you don't have that I claim the ROI of defining and implementing a process to...
I like your thought's Stuart. I may give this a try. Our experiment so far with Kanban for Sustaining Engineering has been a great success. We have cut our...
Wow! This is great story. You guys should think about submitting an experience report for Agile 2008 and we'll see you in Toronto. David ... experiment so far...
