Archive for category lean
Known Problem, Unknown Solution
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean on October 14, 2009
I found myself quoting Eric Ries today. It occurred when a VP asked me to compare Waterfall vs. Agile, and to explain when it was appropriate to apply each methodology. In under 10 seconds, I was able to get my point across thanks to the following slide deck: Eric Ries Lean Startup Schematic View Of [...]
Technical Debt vs. Releasing Early
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, startups on July 23, 2009
Technical Debt is a phase coined by Ward Cunningham to help illustrate the pros / cons of releasing software in a quick & dirty fashion vs a long term, cleaner solution. In a nutshell, technical debt is much like financial debt, as it incurs interest in the way of level of effort over time. Financial [...]
Eric Ries #LeanStartup on Youtube
Posted by David Bland in lean on May 11, 2009
I highly recommend the recent Eric Ries Webinar on Lean Startups. They’ve uploaded it to YouTube, and Eric is now accepting registrations for his Lean Startup Tutorials. (Almost Sold Out!)
My Response to the V1 Blog
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, scrum on May 11, 2009
My comment over on the V1 Blog is pending moderation, but I wanted to expand upon it here in the meantime. You could run an Agile / Scrum / Kanban project to flawless execution and it could still result in waste. You could be achieving failure in an extremely efficient manner due to no customer [...]
