James Macnee – Giving People Direction
Pod cast from Access Granted on 8 October 2018 James Macnee lives in the idyllic north of New Zealand where he is a consultant in the tech world designing systems […]
General Lean
7 Principles of TPS
What are the 7 principles of TPS? Reduced Setup Times: All setup practices are wasteful because they add no value and they tie up labor and equipment. By organizing […]
Characteristics of a DevOps Organisation
Supports the two primary goals of DevOps; Shortening lead times and Generating rapid feedback Encourages the free flow of information Gives accountability to the teams to own their own delivery […]
Inspired- Book Summary
The product managers main responsibility is to look at all the opportunities and to find or define product that fit the opportunity. They take the product from a concept through […]
Lean UX – Book Review
The goal of this book is to teach you how to apply the principles of lean to design. Lean UX is not an individualistic working […]
Lean Startup: Book Review
Lean Startup by Eric Ries : Book Review Established companies are managed by making a plan and having someone supervise the people implementing the plan. Most companies make a plan, […]
Six Simple Rules
Six Simple Rules Complexity in the 21st century comes from clients having many options and with a rapidly changing marketplace. The state of business in the 21st century has become […]
Developing Lean Leaders at all Levels– Book Review
Developing Lean Leaders at all Levels – Book Review This book is based on the online course developed by Jeffrey K. Liker who wrote the classic Lean book “The Toyota […]
The Machine That Changed The World – Book Review
The machine that changed the world is the classic book on Toyota, revealing its production system as the basis for enduring success. It was written by James P. Womack and Daniel […]
Lean Thinking – Banish Waste And Create Wealth In Your Corporation – Book Review
Lean Thinking is another classic Lean book written by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones. Their original book that started the Lean movement outside of Japan was “The Machine […]
Start-up Nation – Book Review
START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel – a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of […]
“This Is Lean. Resolving The Efficiency Paradox” – Book Review
“This is Lean” is a concise, easy to grasp book on Lean giving the reader the key principles in a short and easy to read book. In the training courses […]
What is Lean? Delivering only what customers value.
How would you define Lean? You may hear definitions such as Kanban, 5s or PDCA. There are so many definitions that come out of the various Lean tools that it […]
Value Streams in Software Development
Value In Lean, value is defined from the perspective of the customer. It is not what you or your shareholders consider as value, it is what your customer’s value. What value […]
Resource Efficiency Versus Flow Efficiency
There is a debate raging on whether it is best to focus on resource efficiency or flow efficiency. Most companies these days are concerned with resource efficiency. Their focus is […]
Context is king
Every organisation has particular characteristics and challenges. Each team and each individual has different skills and experience levels, and occupies a particular place in the organisation. Every project has different […]