Chapter 9
Tangible Goods Production
IN THIS CHAPTER
Evolving away from waterfall
Enhancing construction projects
Applying scrum solutions in manufacturing
Developing hardware with scrum
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
— HENRY FORD
Given the origins of agile and scrum, it’s not a far stretch of the imagination to think they should be used only for developing software. The fact is that nothing could be further from the truth. The 1986 Harvard Business Review article, “New New Product Development Game,” mentioned in Chapters 1, was written in response to experiences in the manufacturing industries. The article used as case studies hardware, electronics, and automotive products engineered and built by companies such as Fuji-Xerox in 1978, Canon in 1982, and Honda in 1981.
The development and production of tangible goods works beautifully with scrum, and we show you how in this chapter. Situations and products may vary enormously, but the tools and techniques remain the same. By following the framework we’ve been writing about, you’ll ...
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