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Aug 09, 2011
Review probably biased because I am a fan of the Poppendieck's. We hosted them at our company for a speaking engagement last year and it was an awesome talk.
This book gets down to the nuts and bolts of eliminating waste and increasing cycle time for your software development organization. Based upon the proven practices of the Toyota Production System it should be high on anyone's list that is involved with software development.
The book is full of practical advice and real world examples of how More...
This book gets down to the nuts and bolts of eliminating waste and increasing cycle time for your software development organization. Based upon the proven practices of the Toyota Production System it should be high on anyone's list that is involved with software development.
The book is full of practical advice and real world examples of how More...
Oct 23, 2007
Russell
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I'm a big fan of agile. Big 'A' agile makes me a little suspicious, but lean and small 'a' agile? Big fan.
I'm part of a small team that supports a legacy application at work. It's also what makes the money to pay the bills for our company, so there is a lot of pressure to keep it up and running and still meet client requests.
The system is sprawling. Most of the work was done in VB6, but we have tons of SQL, Stored Procedures, a good chunk of HTML with JavaScript, and a h More...
I'm part of a small team that supports a legacy application at work. It's also what makes the money to pay the bills for our company, so there is a lot of pressure to keep it up and running and still meet client requests.
The system is sprawling. Most of the work was done in VB6, but we have tons of SQL, Stored Procedures, a good chunk of HTML with JavaScript, and a h More...
Jul 21, 2008
Tom
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This is a book I wish everyone in my company would read--project managers, business analysts, QA engineers, developers, janitors, etc. It's an excellent primer to lean and agile thinking, and I think the "Try This" sections at the end of each chapter would be great exercises for getting our company to think about process improvement.
The book did get repetitive, though, and it seemed a little excessive in its praise of Toyota. And for a book with such an emphasis on qualit More...
The book did get repetitive, though, and it seemed a little excessive in its praise of Toyota. And for a book with such an emphasis on qualit More...
Nov 27, 2011
Pascal
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This book was an eye opener for me. It contains so much insight on so many topics, on every chapter, every paragraph. To be short, this book is a must read!
Oct 21, 2009
Paul
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Awesome read. Making me rethink much of what I thought about agile software development.
Jul 27, 2007
Scott
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Mary Poppendieck has great understanding of lean development. She studied the Toyota method of manufacturing and found a way to apply it to software. The "YAGNI" idea is key - You Ain't Going to Need It principle. Only develop what is necessary, nothing more and nothing less and get it out the door quickly. I have heard her speak and she tells the story about a retailer who can ship it quickly has fewer returns than a retailer who can't quite get the shipment out so soon. There is time
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Jun 01, 2011
Glenn
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I appreciate the Poppendieck's approach to explaining lean concepts and applying them to software development. However, after reading three of their books, I'm convinced that what they really need to do is condense it down to 1 slightly longer book. There's too much overlap in content between each of their publications.
Jan 09, 2010
Jim
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Well, finally, after 2 years partially read, I finally dug back in. Definintely and interesting book, some great portions to reference and use later.
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