December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
8h 23m
English
I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
—Jackie Mason
Chapter
• Lean Thinking: The Big Picture 40
• Lean Summary: The Lean Thinking House 46
• Lean Goal: Sustainably Deliver Value Fast 46
• Lean Foundation: Lean Thinking Manager-Teachers 48
• Pillar One: Respect for People 50
• Pillar Two: Continuous Improvement 50
• Example: “Kanban System” Analysis 84
Lean thinking is a proven system that scales to large development, as evidenced by Toyota and others. Later chapters explore more connections of lean, agile, and scaling; this one lays out core concepts.
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