Communication MUDA’s spoilsport Projects

If the basic communication itself is lacking in organizations how can people concepts like Scrum work. The very reason that Lean (Manufacturing counterpart of Agile) is more successful and effective in a manufacturing environment directly goes to prove that standardization of communication is the key element in achieving Agile and Lean Success.
 
Typically an average programmer [...]

Y = F (X)

Effect = F(Causes)
Y = F(X)
X = Toyota Way, Commitment, Consistency, organization wide internalization
Toyota way is the way. One actually falls short of words to explain the golden standard set by Toyota for operational excellence, Quality, commitment to company, stakeholders and society in general. Toyota practices all theses values by themselves and truly stands out as [...]

Lean on Eight Quality Management Principles

Principle 1: Customer focus
Principle 2: Leadership
Principle 3: Involvement of people
Principle 4: Process approach
Principle 5: System approach to management
Principle 6: Continual improvement
Principle 7: Factual approach to decision making
Principle 8: Mutually beneficial supplier relationships
Customer Focus:

Lean focuses on bringing out the best Value of a product to customers. In Agile projects Lean aspects are taken care through [...]

Lean-in Effect

The effect of Lean processes in organizations depends upon their use and application of Lean technologies.
Manufacturing companies in general and automobiles in particular leverage maximum profits by applying Lean methodologies. Since Toyota showed the way it becomes much easier for the related industries to bench mark and improvise on Lean techniques. Lean when combined with [...]

Agile maps to Lean – Muda, Mura and Muri

Dr. Shigeo Shingo and Mr. Taichi Ohno have contributed immensely towards improving production processes at Toyota through concepts Muda, Mura and Muri. They enriched the Toyota Production system now became to be called as famous Lean Production system.

Let us try to understand the meaning w.r.t Industry in general and software development in particular.

Muda : Non [...]