http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/ linux, ubuntu, mobiles and assorted geekery Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/comment-page-1/#comment-5 The Oxtremists » Blog Archive » April Meeting - possible venue change Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:25:58 +0000 http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/#comment-5 [...] I promised last night to post a link to a blog posting I made about a lecture on the Toyota way of managing, which I attended at XPDay 2006. Powered by [...] [...] I promised last night to post a link to a blog posting I made about a lecture on the Toyota way of managing, which I attended at XPDay 2006. Powered by [...]

]]> http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/comment-page-1/#comment-4 XPday 2006 - An Introduction to Scrum - Joseph Pelrine at graemehunter.co.uk Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:22:57 +0000 http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/#comment-4 [...] Waterfall can actually work in manufacturing, you do know your end product, you know what is an acceptable level of waste (although if you look at the Toyota Method of Production you may well see this is not necessarily the best way). When you can’t can’t define things enough so that they run unattended and produce acceptable output, then control is through constant inspection and adjustment. The comparison Joseph made of these two ways was that of the flightplan made by an aircraft, compared to the way in which a large flock of migrating birds move. Apply, inspect, adapt. [...] [...] Waterfall can actually work in manufacturing, you do know your end product, you know what is an acceptable level of waste (although if you look at the Toyota Method of Production you may well see this is not necessarily the best way). When you can’t can’t define things enough so that they run unattended and produce acceptable output, then control is through constant inspection and adjustment. The comparison Joseph made of these two ways was that of the flightplan made by an aircraft, compared to the way in which a large flock of migrating birds move. Apply, inspect, adapt. [...]

]]> http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Al Power » Blog Archive » When Done means Done - Acceptance Testing using Behaviour Driven Development. Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:23:50 +0000 http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/#comment-3 [...] Recently I went to XPDay, and attended an excellent session from Dan North (Thoughtworks) and Joe Walnes (Google) entitled “Awesome Acceptance Testing”, which looked at possible ways of solving this problem. It was an excellent talk, so I took a few brief notes, and thought I would try and expand on them below with a few of my thoughts. Several of the other talks have been well covered by my colleagues, so I thought I would just focus on this one. Summing the talk up in a 50,000 feet overview, its aim was to “define a series of acceptance criteria that allow a user story to be marked as done, based on initial requirements gathering” (in the words of Dan North). [...] [...] Recently I went to XPDay, and attended an excellent session from Dan North (Thoughtworks) and Joe Walnes (Google) entitled “Awesome Acceptance Testing”, which looked at possible ways of solving this problem. It was an excellent talk, so I took a few brief notes, and thought I would try and expand on them below with a few of my thoughts. Several of the other talks have been well covered by my colleagues, so I thought I would just focus on this one. Summing the talk up in a 50,000 feet overview, its aim was to “define a series of acceptance criteria that allow a user story to be marked as done, based on initial requirements gathering” (in the words of Dan North). [...]

]]> http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/comment-page-1/#comment-2 techblog » Blog Archive » XPDay 2006 - Day 2 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:49:08 +0000 http://graemehunter.co.uk/2006/11/xpday-2006-the-toyota-way-of-managing-talk-by-pascal-van-cauwenberge/#comment-2 [...] This session was about the Toyota Production System and its philosophy. While it was good, I’ve heard much of this before in the context of Lean Software Development. This meant that I didn’t take many notes. I suggest you read my colleague Graeme’s detailed write-up. [...] [...] This session was about the Toyota Production System and its philosophy. While it was good, I’ve heard much of this before in the context of Lean Software Development. This meant that I didn’t take many notes. I suggest you read my colleague Graeme’s detailed write-up. [...]

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