To improve cycle time, focus on streamlining your actual work processes. For lead time improvements, look at reducing delays between stages.
Cycle time and lead time
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Service classes
The principle of service classes, a key component of Lean methodology, is instrumental in efficiently organising, prioritising, and managing work.
The seven wastes
Taichi Ohno identified seven types of waste that do not add value to the customer. The wastes were categorised to assist employees in systematically identifying and eliminating them.
Minimum viable teams
The power of minimum viable teams lies in their streamlined communication channels. With fewer members, information flows naturally and decisions happen swiftly.
Self-organising teams
Self-organising teams are groups that work together toward a common goal, making decisions and managing tasks without supervision or authority from an outside source.
Scales Agile Framework (SAFe)
SAFe, or scaled agile framework, was developed by Dean Leffingwell and Drew Jemilo to address a businesses’ evolving needs. When it was created, software development teams were largely reliant on traditional project management techniques. SAFe was developed in response to organizations’ increasing need to adapt rapidly to market changes while still maintaining high quality. Today, it is one of the most popular agile development approaches. SAFe is…
Hoshin Kanri Mapping
Hashim Kanri Mapping is a strategic management tool designed to help organizations align their processes and objectives more effectively.
Enablers in business development
Agile enablers refer to activities or deliverables that indirectly contribute to product development but are essential to a smooth project transition.
Potentially shippable product
To understand the birth of ‘Potentially Shippable Increment’, or P S I., we have to rewind the clock to the 1990s. At that time, the traditional waterfall model was the default approach to software development. Projects were meticulously planned upfront and executed in strict stages—from requirements gathering to design, coding, testing, and delivery. It was a linear process, and products were shipped only when every stage…
Fundamentals of DevOps
DevOps is an acronym for Development and Operations. This movement originated in the IT industry to align development and operations teams. Early in software development, module integration often failed and caused a great deal of frustration.