Lean Transformation

One of the first principles in lean is delivering faster and in smaller batches of work. Delivering faster means we learn quicker (more in...

I was organizing my email today (large backlog as usual, need to put in a policy where I purge things after 6 mths) and came across a summar...

During one of our lean client engagements, we conducted half a dozen value stream mapping sessions with various groups and project teams fr...

A classic problem I encounter in various IT organizations is the massive divide between Architecture and Project Delivery. Most organizatio...

Upon getting my iPAd the first thing I did was create a mock up of a Kanban board using the omnigraffle diagram software. The board is based...

I had the opportunity to work with some IT execs who wanted to look at Lean thinking as a method to improve the way they were delivering val...

Physical objects tend to help teams perform, communicate and operate more effectively. We've seen this trend with iteration planning boa...

Above All, Stay Open to New Ideas, Humble to the Current Limits of Our Knowledge, and Be Ready to Innovate, Absorbing Ideas from Other Bodi...

After a great week of learning at the Lean Software Systems Conference I was eager to apply a key theme, intrinsic motivations trump extri...

The Team Started off Using a Kanban Board... There is a wealth of advice on how using concepts like a Kanban board will help teams to bett...

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a Lean process tool that can help teams to get an understanding of where some of their biggest problems are. W...

when conducting a stream mapping session I recommend considering the following... people are much more likely to find inefficiencies in othe...

When trying to help an organization to improve their delivery processes,be prepared to hear the following soundbites our (the organization) ...

A couple of weeks back I had the opportunity to interview Scott Ambler. Of course Scott does not really need introduction, but for those who...