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Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
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Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
September 2006
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
8h 21m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 10. Journey

Where Do You Want to Go?

“What do I do next?” we often hear. “My company is in a world of hurt, and it really needs to get better. Lean principles make a lot of sense. But what do I do with principles? How do I implement them—right now—in my company?”

This reminds us of Alice as she wandered through Wonderland:1

‘Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?’

‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,’ said the Cat.

‘I don’t much care where—’ said Alice.

‘Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,’ said the Cat.

—so long as I get somewhere’ Alice added as an explanation.

‘Oh, you’re sure to do that,’ said the Cat, ‘if you only walk long enough.’

In Chapter 7 we recommend that you start a lean initiative ...

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