Raymond Lewallen

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• Identifing Waste, the Lean Way

  As mentioned in a previous blog post, waste elimination is usually the most obvious and least resistant way to improve value and flow in a product. So I’m just going to jump right into some of the waste factors that are usually easy to identify, evaluate... Posted Sep 04 2008, 10:00 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: Lean

• An entry into lean

  I, like many others, have been head deep into lean methodologies such as kaizen, kanban, 5S, value streams and lean in general. As I continue to learn and practice these things, I’m going to start publishing, much like Laribee is with his focus... Posted Aug 28 2008, 08:50 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Lean

• The Fly in the Soup of the Iteration

  Where do bugs fit into your iterations? This is a discussion I’ve had on many occasions with many different people. Laribee mentioned they work bugs as soon as they come in. I believe Bellware told me the same thing. Provost and Newkirk both told... Posted Aug 01 2008, 10:27 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Alt.Net, Lean, Scrum, TDD

• Getting Done the Lean Way

  Something I’ve been thinking about lately, as I’ve been going through reams of paper on lean, kanban, kaizen and Toyota Production system concepts, is how the definition of done differs from that we are used to in Scrum. In Scrum, the product owner gets... Posted Jul 31 2008, 09:00 AM by Raymond Lewallen with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, Alt.Net, Lean, Scrum