Monthly Archives for July 2011
Jim Coplien Why Architecture is needed even in Agile?
I stumbled today upon an excellent audio interview of Jim Coplien who pinpoints the misunderstanding of common Agile practice. He urges to go back to the Root Principles of Japenese Lean. I cannot agree more since I wrote “The hidden … Continue reading
How your project may fail even more faster with Agile than with Waterfall
If you have read a few of my posts like Waterfall a method that never was except by ignorance, you have no doubt I am a strong proponent of Agile rather than Waterfall. Nevertheless, if your organization (manager, purchasing department,…), … Continue reading
My personal encounter with Deming’s teaching and what I told Jeff Sutherland
I’ve been a project manager in software development in France for about 15 years now. But I started in the past in statistical quality engineering field from the school of Deming. I had the chance to invite for a conference … Continue reading
Iteration should not be reduced to Scrum time-boxed cycle
There seems to be some rebellions against Scrum time-boxed iterations like on leansoftwareengineering. Some have been willing to announce her death sentence. This latter title was clearly meant to be controversial but as every controversy if you read the arguments, … Continue reading
Scrum for the busy project manager or business stakeholder
If you have no idea of what Scrum is and you’re too busy to follow a seminar on the subject, this is a quick summary for you. The essence of Scrum is time-boxed iterations officially called sprints. It may be … Continue reading
Waterfall: a method that never was except by ignorance
Waterfall “method” is said to have been invented by Winston W. Royce. Royce is considered as one of the leaders in software development in the second half of the 20th century. Let’s hear what he said about Waterfall in his … Continue reading
The power of Visual Thinking: combining Use Cases Diagrams with User Stories technique
Edwards Deming and Walter Shewhart, the founders of Quality, have always focused on visual tools they created like control charts and PDCA Wheel or tools by japeneses like Ishikawa diagram or Kanban board. Agile has promoted scrum/kanban board which is … Continue reading
Carlos Ghosn on the difference of cultures between Renault and Nissan: same kind of differences as between Waterfall and Agile
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault and Nissan, gave an interesting interview in June 2008. He says (go to 4:38 minutes timeline on the youtube video): “Between Nissan and Renault the differences are very big, very big. … In Nissan, people … Continue reading
Can traditional big corporate companies really do Agile ?
French has invented the term “Entrepreneur”. The word entrepreneur comes from the 13th century French verb entreprendre, meaning “to do something” or “to undertake”. By the 16th century, the noun entrepreneur, had emerged to refer to someone who undertakes a … Continue reading
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