Lean Manufacturing

Successful Pilots can Hurt an Agile Organization Successful Pilots can Hurt an Agile Organization
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 230 seconds

Sometimes, successful Agile/Scrum pilots can do more harm than good. They can hurt the organization by siphoning off valuable resources and causing resistance. Successful transitions require you to treat each pilot as an opportunity to learn WHY the pilot succeeded, the factors involved, and whether it would work elsewhere.

Related: lean, lean software development, agile, scrum scrum development, scrum, scrum master, kanban, net objectives, shalloway

Introducing Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) Introducing Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 586 seconds

A quick introduction to Acceptance Test-Driven Development: How it helps communication between the business customers, developers, and testers. Covers the 5 W's: What are acceptance tests, who creates them, when they should be created, where they are used, and why You should use them .

Related: net objectives, atdd, tdd, acceptance, test-driven development, lean, lean software development, agile, qa, pugh

Test-Driven Development: Mock Only Tests Test-Driven Development: Mock Only Tests
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 533 seconds

This video applies to the technical practices of Lean-Agile software development. Scott Bain answers a question about test-driven development (TDD): Can a test be written with only a mock object in its fixture?

Related: lean, design patterns, software, dpe, test driven development, tdd, mock objects, testing, shalloway, bain

Release planning in 7 minutes: Pareto Vs Parkinson\ Release planning in 7 minutes: Pareto Vs Parkinson's
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 376 seconds

In this video, Alan Shalloway discusses how the big picture and focusing on what really matters overcomes challenges in release planning. Pareto wins over Parkinsons!

Related: lean, agile, kanban, pareto, release, shalloway, scrum, software, management

Mapping a Value Stream to a Kanban Board Mapping a Value Stream to a Kanban Board
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 856 seconds

In this video, Alan Shalloway describes the process of mapping a value stream to a Kanban board and why both are important in improving business-driven software development.

Related: lean, agile, kanban, value stream, shalloway, netobjectives, visual control, scrum, tdd

Minimal Marketable Features: The Why of Enterprise Agility Minimal Marketable Features: The Why of Enterprise Agility
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 641 seconds

In this video, Alan Shalloway discusses what it means for an enterprise to be agile: turning bringing ideas to business capability to meet business needs in a timely way.

Related: lean, kanban, scrum, agile, shalloway, netobjectives, software, iterative, enterprise, business, driven

How Delays Cause Waste: A Main Tenet of Lean How Delays Cause Waste: A Main Tenet of Lean
Posted by: NetObjectives

Video duration: 713 seconds

In this video, Alan Shalloway discusses one of the most powerful tenets of Lean applied to software development: Reduce delays to avoid creating waste.

Related: lean, agile, scrum, kanban, net objectives, shalloway, software, development, technology, netobjectives