Introduction to Lean and Agile for Managers of Development/Product organizations

1. Lean Software
Intro for Managers

2. You do know
these are end
to end features

3.  The Networking
Metaphor…
 Cut Through vs Store
and Forward
 Packet size
 Optimize the
bottlenecks
 Congestion
Avoidance
 Prefer as few hops /
layers as possible
 More?

7. Focus on Value and Time
Make value flow
Eliminate waste that
slows down flow the
most
Manage Cycle Time
Quality drives Flow…

8. Value Stream Mapping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA_YSyBkhiM

9. Value Stream Mapping

10. Limit work to Capacity

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16. Alistair Cockburn

17. Cumulative Flow
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18. Focusing on the Bottleneck

19. Summary – How to reduce Cycle Time
 Even out the arrival of work
 Minimize the number of things in process
 Minimize the size of things in process
 Limit work to capacity
 Use pull scheduling
 Build Quality In – Reduces variation and
Defect/Rework wastes/delays.
 Improving flow ->
 Improved Quality
 Reduced Cost

20. Management Role
 Design the system/process
 Policies that can be
distributed for effective
Delegation/Empowerment
 Manage the behaviour of
system/process
 Find and Address Tough
Impediments
 Whole-System Thinking
 Beyond the
Functions/Silos…

21. Take Aways
 Move to Feature-driven product development
 Use Kanban system to improve key processes
 Start managing Cycle Time and Work in
Progress
 Limit WIP to catalyze improvements