Agile & Lean
In today’s fast-paced and competitive world, our organizations must be quicker and adaptive to survive. Lean and Agile are both techniques that provide a focus on the tasks at hand and a continuous refinement and improvement of our organization’s capabilities. We seek to streamline, remove waste, and undertake actions that will continuously bring the organization to peak performance without sacrifice.
The right-hand side, you will see a number of links to other parts of the website associated with Agile and Lean. The upper menu provides a link to articles, podcasts, and videos along with a link to training aids and games. The lower menu contains links to tools and discussion boards where you can pose and answer questions and comment.
Agile
There are times when the best solution for the project strategy is agile. Agile strips away many of the processes relying instead upon the ability and talent of the team to discover, overcome or circumvent the obstacles presented. Predominantly used for software, though not exclusively, agile can be a quick way to respond to the unknowns in the product development effort. This area contains, product backlog, sprint backlog, estimating techniques, burn down charts, and retrospective. This area also contains a significant level of learning organization discipline.
Lean
Lean consists of a set of principles and techniques often associated with efficient and cost effective manufacturing. These tools and techniques are designed to eliminate waste in whatever form it may take, from scrap or reworked material to idle time and material flow and inventory. The approach is that of continuous and incremental improvement.
- Complex Program Management with Scrum
- Why Scrum? A Short Answer
- IT Using Scrum for Project Management
- PD&D Thesis: Using Scrum for Project Management
- DevOps – 7 Causes of Continuous Delirium
- Of course Psychological…But How?
- Lean and Projects
- Kanban vs Scrum — Every Difference Your Team Needs To Know [2020]
- 15 Plus Must Have Project Management Books
- An Overview of Scrum
What makes sense in Scrum Projects, Joe Dager and Jon M. Quigley
Guardrails, Reciprocal Agreements, Essays and Discussions
Gemba Walk, Agile Development, No Right Way
SPaMCAST 479 – Mentor or Coach, TameFlow Chapter 21a, Employee Engagement
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/spamcast-479-mentor-or-coach-tameflow-chapter-21a-employee-engagement
SPaMCAST 483 – Measuring The Value of Agile, TameFlow Chapter 21, Agile Culture
SPaMCAST 585 – Most Agile Transformations Ignore Technical Skills, A Conversation with Susan Parente and Jon M Quigley
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/category/Parente+and+Quigley
SPaMCAST 495 – Done, Waste and Innovation; Kanban to the Kanban Power
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/spamcast-495-done-waste-and-innovation-kanban-to-the-kanban-power
SPaMCAST 575 – Messing Up Agile Hybrids, Deming and Book Club, Essays and Discussions
SPaMCAST 477 – Silence: A Powerful Tool, Muddling Through, Monolithic Monolith
SPaMCAST 552 – Fit For Value, Saying No, Essays and Discussions
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/spamcast-552-fit-for-value-saying-no-essays-and-discussions
SPaMCAST 686 – Pitchforks and Torches, Work in 2022, A Panel
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/spamcast-686-pitchforks-and-torches-work-in-2022-a-panel-discussion
SPaMCAST 694 – The Team Lead Role In Agile, Time, Essays and Conversations
Spamcast-694-the-team-lead-role-in-agile-time-essays-and-conversations
SPaMCAST 711 – Why Re-read Saturday, Team Leaders In Scrum, Essays and Conversations
SPaMCAST 711 – Why Re-read Saturday, Team Leaders In Scrum, Essays and Conversations
SPaMCAST 731 – Giving Thanks, Flow, Essays and Conversations
https://spamcast.libsyn.com/spamcast-731-giving-thanks-flow-essays-and-conversations?tdest_id=107081
SPaMCAST 824 You Can Never Cross The Same River Twice, Essays and Conversations
SPaMCAST 816 Goal Conflicts Cause Work Intake Problems, Finding Time To Concentrate
SPaMCAST 809 Accountability vs. Responsibility Debate, Essays and Conversations
SPaMCAST 799 Beyond Buzzwords – Rethinking Collaboration in Software Development and Prioritization vs. Micromanagement
Control Plan Gaps: What Most Quality Professionals Overlook
Control Plan Gaps: What Most Quality Professionals Overlook Control Plans are among the foundational quality tools within Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are required by IATF 16949. They help…
PPAP Risk Management: Why Most PPAP Approvals Still Fail at Production Launch
PPAP Risk Management: Why Most PPAP Approvals Still Fail at Production Launch I recently reviewed a visual guide titled “How to Create PPAP – Complete Practical Master Guide.“ Like many…
Project Management Review: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Critical Execution Gaps
Project Management Review of the Deeply Practical Project Management Framework The “Deeply Practical Project Management” framework offers a strong foundation for structured project execution. William Stewart sent me some of…
Executive Decisions and Product Launch Failure: When Success Becomes a Blind Spot
Executive Decisions and Product Launch Failure Most executives do not wake up in the morning intending to launch a defective product. They are not trying to damage customer trust. They…
Product Development Writing: Why Engineers Must Think Beyond Engineering
Product Development Writing — Engineering Beyond Engineering I never intended to become a writer. I intended to become a product development professional. Like many engineers, I initially believed technical competence…
Inspection Fallout: Why More Inspectors Do Not Fix Broken Processes
The reflex response after a defect escape is often predictable: add more inspectors. More containment. More gate reviews. More signoffs. More checklists. The organization feels pressure to “do something,” and…
Relaxation in Moderation: The Discipline Behind Sustainable Success
Relaxation in Moderation and Sustainable Success Relaxation is important. Recovery matters. Rest is necessary. But “relaxation in moderation” is an idea that deserves more scrutiny than most people give it.…
Product Launch Delays: Configuration Management Matters
Product Launch Delays Continue to Impact Automotive and Technology Programs A recent Gartner study noted that nearly half of product launches experience delays of at least one month. That statistic…
How to Use AI in Business Processes for Faster Quoting, Smarter Design, and Improved Manufacturing Quality
How to Use AI in Business Processes for Faster Quoting, Smarter Design, and Improved Manufacturing Quality Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental—it is becoming essential for companies looking to improve…
Why Most Testing Strategies Fail: The Real Problem Isn’t Testing
Why Most Testing Strategies Fail: The Real Problem Isn’t Testing This post is borne out of a LinkedIn post. If you’re responsible for testing, here’s a simple question: 👉 Do…
A3 Template with Instructions
[sdm_download id=”15553″ fancy=”0″]
Reducing Process Costs – Value Transformation Book
[sdm_download id=”15554″ fancy=”0″]
What is a Negative Margin Launch
[sdm_download id=”15555″ fancy=”0″]
Building a Cause and Effect Diagram
[sdm_download id=”15556″ fancy=”0″]
8D Template
[sdm_download id=”15557″ fancy=”0″]
CMMI Tracking
[sdm_download id=”15558″ fancy=”0″]
Pugh Matrix
[sdm_download id=”15559″ fancy=”0″]
Using Pareto Charts
[sdm_download id=”15560″ fancy=”0″]
TIEMP 02
[sdm_download id=”15561″ fancy=”0″]
Contact Value Transformation about Agile and Lean
Error: Contact form not found.