On Monday, we described a pull system in a factory and how it differed from a push system often used by software teams. We are following that post with a 10-day series looking at push and pull systems in everyday life, asking what you think and offering our thoughts. Scenario number 5… Read More »Pull or Push #5: Maternity wards in hospitals
On Monday, we described a pull system in a factory and how it differed from a push system often used by software teams. We are following that post with a 10-day series looking at push and pull systems in everyday life, asking what you think and offering our thoughts. Scenario number 4… Read More »Pull or Push #4: The supermarket checkout
On Monday, we described a pull system in a factory and how it differed from a push system often used by software teams. We are following that post with a 10-day series looking at push and pull systems in everyday life, asking what you think and offering our thoughts. Scenario number 3… Read More »Pull or Push #3: The train station
On Monday, we described a pull system in a factory and how it differed from a push system often used by software teams. Yesterday we posted the first off our 10-day series looking at push and pull systems in everyday life. We ask what you think, and offer our thoughts. Today’s… Read More »Pull or Push #2: The art gallery
Yesterday we described a pull system in a factory and how it differed from a push system often used by software teams. For the next 10 days we are going to post an everyday scenarios and ask whether you think it is a push or pull system. We will add our thoughts… Read More »Pull or Push #1: The coffee shop
My last post described a drum-buffer-rope system. Some feedback I got was that it would have been helpful to have been given an example of such a system. I think we can do better than that! A simple example The most common example is one of a factory production line. Lets say… Read More »Push or Pull?
For its first session of 2016, the London Agile Discussion Group ran a pub quiz around agile and lean. The teams did pretty well and it was a close fought battle. The quiz caused a lot of interest so, due to popular demand, we’ve published a slightly cut-down version. No looking… Read More »Agile pub quiz
“It’s the oldest working car plant in Europe with an output of 1 car every 68 seconds … 1,000 cars per day. Each car takes 24 hours from start to finish.” Last month, the BBC aired a two-part live show entitled Building Cars Live from the Mini plant in Oxford. It… Read More »Kanban in the factory
When I recently asked a room full of people “What is the difference between Acceptance Criteria and Conditions of Satisfaction?”, I expected definitions to be agreed pretty quickly. After all, this was the opening gambit to take us on to the deeper discussion of their respective values and best approaches… Read More »Acceptance Criteria and Conditions of Satisfaction
We’ve all heard of the term Kaizen, and we all know that it is the practice of continuous improvement. The practice of Kaizen has served many of the teams and organisations I have worked with well. Teams that were previously floundering in mediocrity grew into great teams by the fact… Read More »When gradual improvement is not enough
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