Contents
Lean Manufacturing/Lean Operations
The Seven Principles of Lean Software Development
Myth: Early Specification Reduces Waste
Myth: The Job of Testing Is to Find Defects
Myth: Predictions Create Predictability
Principle 7: Optimize the Whole
Myth: Optimize By Decomposition
The Customer-Focused Organization
Choose When to Start and Stop the Timeline
Identify the Value Stream Owner
Minimize the Number of Things in Process
Minimize the Size of Things in Process
Responsibility-Based Planning and Control
Guideline No. 1: Make Sure the Promotion System Is Unassailable
Guideline No. 2: De-emphasize Annual Raises
Guideline No. 3: Reward Based on Span of Influence, Not Span of Control
Guideline No. 4: Find Better Motivators Than Money
What, Exactly, Is Your Problem?
Keeping Track of What You Know
Example 1: Medical Device Interface Design
Example 3: Pluggable Interfaces
Large Group Improvement Events
Unit Tests (Also Called Programmer Tests)
Story Tests (Also Called Acceptance Tests)
Usability and Exploratory Testing