Comments on: process improvement metrics – some questions http://silkandspinach.net/2006/04/03/process-improvement-metrics-some-questions/ development, by example Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:48:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: let the goal pull change through the organisation « silk and spinach http://silkandspinach.net/2006/04/03/process-improvement-metrics-some-questions/#comment-259 Sat, 12 May 2007 20:21:45 +0000 http://silkandspinach.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/process-improvement-metrics-some-questions/#comment-259 [...] « process improvement metrics – some questions managing an improvement exercise [...]

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]]> By: Bob Marshall http://silkandspinach.net/2006/04/03/process-improvement-metrics-some-questions/#comment-185 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:00:04 +0000 http://silkandspinach.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/process-improvement-metrics-some-questions/#comment-185 Hi Kevin,
I just found your post and am impressed enough with the insightful questions to respond.

First off, I’ve found that Lean Product Development literature has most of this stuff sussed already. For example, “Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota’s System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It” by Michael Kennedy (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Product-Development-Lean-Enterprise-Productive/dp/1892538091/sr=8-1/qid=1158936318/ref=sr_1_1/202-8058011-9425468?ie=UTF8&s=books)

And some key Lean manufacturing companies wanting to help their supply chain adopt lean practices use the following commercial terms: one third of the value of intervention goes to the Lean manufacturer (or their consultants), one third to the client (supplier) and one third to customers (in price reductions, etc.)

Seems like the software world has yet to wake up to the fact that we’re all doing *Product* Development, really.

In fact, I question whether developing software-intensive products and services should ever by ‘managed’ or owned by IT people or IT departments.

Happy to discuss your questions further (and raise some of my own) if you have any interest in that.

Cheers
Bob

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