LEAN PRINCIPLES Respect for People Product Development Flow Kaizen
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all. Peter Drucker THE GOAL: BUILD THE RIGHT THING http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/09/a-perspective-on-scaled-agile-framework.html
Would your employees recommend your company as a place to work? PILLAR 1: RESPECT FOR PEOPLE Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees. Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos Net Promoter Score Source: http://www.netpromotersystem.com/ http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/11/measuring-team-happiness.html
UNITY DAY: CREATING A ONE TEAM CULTURE 13 13 http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/01/unity-day-creating-one-team-culture.html
A LITTLE TASTE OF OUR CULTURE http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/05/the-power-of-haka.html
A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVMENT SourceL http://hakanforss.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/are-you-too-busy-to-improve2.png Source: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1018963/Articles/SpotifyScaling.pdf http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/10/book-clubs-at-work-are-you-serious.html
THE FOUNDATION IS LEADERSHIP http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/04/being-agile-team-of-agile-leaders.html http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/06/bubble-up.html http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/07/leading-through-vulnerability.html
1. Take an economic view 2. Actively manage queues 3. Understand and exploit variability 4. Reduce batch sizes 5. Apply WIP constraints 6. Control flow under uncertainty: cadence and synchronization 7. Get feedback as fast as possible 8. Decentralize control The Principles of Product Development Flow
TAKE AN ECONOMIC VIEW
QUANTIFY THE COST OF DELAY IF YOU ONLY QUANTIFY ONE THING BUSINESS VALUE + TIME CRITICALITY + RISK REDUCTION/ OPPORTUNITY ENABLEMENT
ACTIVELY MANAGE QUEUES
VISUALISE THE INVISIBLE INVENTORY
UNDERSTAND & EXPLOIT VARIABILITY
WIDE PIPES & DATA EXPLORATION
REDUCE BATCH SIZES
WHAT IS THE SMALLEST, SIMPLEST THING Source: http://lynnwinterboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Thin-Slicing-Points.gif
APPLY WIP CONSTRAINTS
THE COST OF CONTEXT SWITCHING
CONTROL FLOW UNDER UNCERTAINTY CADENCE AND SYNCHRONIZATION
SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATION CADENCE 9:00am 9:15am 930am 9:45am http://www.prettyagile.com/2014/03/communication-cadence-heartbeat-of.html
GET FEEDBACK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
SMALL COLLOCATED TEAMS http://www.prettyagile.com/2013/09/how-to-grow-agile-release-train.html