Christine Do we know what will be going in the bag? How many inserts etc.? Big/small... Do we know where the bags need to finish up? Chris ... -- Regards Chris...
Eric pushed me to write some note about a current case. (thanks E :) I am working a young company fighting for market share and keep cash flow. Doing Scrum...
We are starting this effort on Sunday before the conference at 8:30 AM in the exhibition hall at the Hyatt. The exhibition hall is in the lowest level. - c ......
Do we know anything about the spaces involved? Where the final bags will be stored? Will the bag stuffing be in a little room or can we do it in the open? ...
This topic's been quiet, so I thought I'd see if we can get some concrete answers. There have been a few threads about self-identifying (wearing a button) and...
... A continuous-flow work management system, patterned after JIT production Designed to promote fast delivery through - Smooth flow of work - Limited WIP...
@Rick -- I like that summary, nice and neat. It's a good launching point for contextualizing the message. @Derick -- Speaking as someone that was present, I...
My words: 1) Create transparency of work in progress 2) Limit work in progress 3) Achieve a 'pull' based system 4) Manage the (now) visible constraints to...
I do not see anything here about value or Customer value, or business value. It seems to me this should be the most important point in any lean process. Am I...
I don't see anything in the Agile Manifesto about that either; it's implicit. But you make a valid point. My goal was to "explain KanBan while standing on one...
Lean principles create the focus on value. I'm not sure I see anything intrinsic in Kanban to foster that. Speed, yes, value, not so much. In fact, Kanban...
Eric I had thought that we agreed that kanban had nothing to say about business value ( yet ). The purpose of the expand / collapse pattern was so that we...
Classifying classes of service by shape/order of magnitude of cost of delay impact is one way of approximately a focus on value without making it overly...
... How about relating value to "work" above ? MMF - "unit of value" as well as unit of "work in process" MMF is a value because the customer wants it. MMF in...
2009/8/4 Chris <chris.matts@...> ... Are we taling abour kanban as a tool, or kanban as a software development system? I would agree that kanban as a...
I have thought of classes of services mainly as a way of classifying work items based on size or flow complexity, in order to aid in achieving consistent cycle...
Karl, The Value Stream doesn't define value. Improving the value stream will help us deliver faster, more efficiently, and with higher quality. But if we are...
... I'm not sure I follow you about "consistent cycle time" with respect to classes of service. If I have an "expedited" class of service (like, "hey, this...
You make a good point, Joshua. I've seen expedited items modeled as Classes of Service and also handled with a flag that indicates overriding priority (in...
... I'm a conference volunteer and I'll be on volunteer duty during the ice breaker, so I don't know if I can commit to a specific shift, but I'll spend as...
Hi Dennis 2009/8/5 dennisstevens <dennis.stevens@...> ... Thanks. That was what I trying to say. Enables value. But not "Nothing about value". ... MMFs...
I was thinking of this as Kanban for Software Development, not generic kanban. I think most people in the discussion do understand that the ultimate goal is...
I've been staying out of these discussions lately, even though I find them fairly interesting. Until now, I haven't known why I've been unable to engage... now...
Hi Mattias 2009/8/3 Mattias Skarin <mattias.skarin@...> ... Interesting. Looking forward to hearing more. ... Keep it limited and release often :) Karl --...
Hi Nayan 2009/7/24 Nayan Hajratwala <nayan@...> ... I'm not sure that there is much more published information. I did talk to Corey about him talking...
Karl Please explain how mapping the value stream has anything to do with business value. I'm missing something. Chris Sent from my iPhone On 5 Aug 2009, at...
Jdn Part of feature injection ( resolving the information process loop ). Apart from that, they are separate. Real options are very general. Feature injection...