Main Agile product development methodologies
Lean
-Agile took a lot from it
Extreme Programming (XP) -More strict and focused on programming
Scrum
- Most common, born within Agile
- Applied to many different projects
“Big Three”
Where does Lean come from?
Manufacturing at Toyota after WW2
- Limited resources (financial, natural)
- Limited space
Core aspects of Lean philosophy
Reduce waste (activities that do no add value):
- Futility, uselessness
- Unevenness in business workflow processes (downtime) ] Bottlenecks
- System overburdening or lack of understanding of system ]
Kaizen: Continuous improvement
- Culture of improving yourself as often as possible
- As soon as a problem is identified, stop and deal with it
Take care of the people
-Respect, educate, train, challenge and empower them
Toyota Production System main principles
Continuous Improvement
Respect for people
Toyota Way sections
Long-term philosophy
-Even at the expense of short-term)
The right process will produce the right results
- Find and deal with problems
- Pull system
- Visual control
Add value to the organization by developing your people
- Support leaders and exceptional people and teams
- Respect extended network
Continuously solving root problems drives organizational learning
- Go see for yourself
- Make decisions slowly by consensus, consider all options
- Relentless reflection and continuous improvement
Principles of Lean applied to PM
Optimize the whole Eliminate waste Build quality Learn constantly Deliver fast Engage everyone Keep getting better
Main tools from Lean to PM
- Value Stream Mapping
- Kanban Board
Last Planner System
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
Bottleneck diagrams
Root Causes Analysis
