Learn how to apply principles of lean to discover and eliminate waste throughout the development lifecycle. In this interactive session, participants will experience a simulated production line, encounter common challenges and apply lean practices to improve in their efficiency and effectiveness. Participants will be introduced to concepts such as push versus pull systems, Kanban, elimination of waste and systems thinking through interactive presentation, discussions and hands-on activities.

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Lean Principles for Agile
Lego Building Block Workshop
Fariz Saracevic (Agile Evangelist, Story Teller)
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New Technologies Change
What We Develop and How We Develop
Social
Cloud
Mobile
Internet of Things
Big Data
Requires Continuous Learning and
Improvement,
Lean and Agile Methods
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Many firms are underprepared for these rapid changes in
technology, affecting their ability to be competitive
Mobile device proliferation
Collaboration across the ecosystem
Explosion of unstructured data
Cloud platforms and solutions
Intelligent–connected systems
Technology Trends Most
Impacting Competitiveness
Organizations Underprepared
for Technology Trends
Note: Survey respondents were
allowed up to three selections
Source: “The Software Edge: How effective software development and delivery drives competitive advantage,” IBM Institute of Business Value, March 2013
The Challenge: Innovation, quality, speed in
rapidly changing conditions
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Brief History of Lean and Agile
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Importance of principles and values
The Toyota story has been
intensively researched and
painstakingly documented,
yet what really happens inside
the company remains a
mystery. Here’s new insight
into the unspoken rules that
give Toyota its competitive edge.
– HBR, Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
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Agile and lean
transformations are
culture changes
“Culture reflects the
realities of people working
together every day…
…a set of values,
practices, and
traditions that define who
we are as a group.”
--Frances Hesselbeim
Work by Uwe Kils - http://www.ecoscope.com/iceberg/
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Relationship between Agile and Lean
Agile
Design build delivery focus
Lean
Process improvement focus
Objective To achieve faster and better software
development and delivery
To improve processes by focusing on
customer value and systematically identifying
and removing waste
Principles Early and continuous delivery of working
software
Welcome frequent and late changes in
requirement
Strong collaboration between business
and development team
Face-to-face conversation
Sustainable development
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the
amount of work not done
Eliminate Waste
Build Quality In
Defer Commitment
Deliver Fast
Focus on Learning
Respect People
Optimize the Whole
Agile and Lean are fully aligned and compatible methodologies with the common goal of
increasing customer value and output quality while delivering results faster.
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MURA MUDA MURI
斑 無駄 無理
Toyota Production System’s Three Types of waste
Elimination of Unevenness Elimination of Waste Avoidance of the Unreasonable
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JIT Pull vs. Push
Push Pull
Anticipate usage Focus on actual consumption
Large batches Small batches
High inventory Reduced inventory
Empty unit or kanban authorizes work
Demand
Authorizes work
Raw
Material
Input
Finished
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WIP Constraints and Kanban “information radiator”
Not started Development Testing Acceptance Done
Exit Criteria Exit Criteria Exit Criteria Exit Criteria Exit Criteria
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WASTES
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1. Transportation
2. Inventory
3. Motion
4. Waiting
5. Overproduction
6. Over-processing
7. Defects
無駄無駄
MUDA - Elimination of Waste

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Applying lean Muri principles to agile development
Muri is avoided through:
–Standardized work,
standardized conditions of
output
–Work Flow, or logical
directions to be taken
–Repeatable Process Steps
and Machine Processes
 Agile examples:
–Agile frameworks
–Test automation
–Procedures for continuous
integration
–Recommended practices
–Varies according to what
works for the individual team
–Definition of done
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Exercise: Lego Building Block
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