Over at Evolving Excellence today Kevin Meyer describes his experiences of a visit to Toyota Kyushu. Kevin is struck dumb by every aspect of the plant’s operation — for example this: “Every movement is choreographed and improved. You have to stand and watch each person for several cycles to see just how choreographed. Each movement… [Read more…]
April 11, 2006
Just a link to a series of movies from Toyota, showing the origins of some aspects of lean manufacturing
April 2, 2006
A good deal has been written recently on the origin of problems that occur during software development: "people problem" or "process problem"? Time to be clear what we mean...
March 30, 2006
A step-by-step guide to my workshop exploring the concept of jidoka in the context of software development
February 26, 2006
Astonishingly, some employers force their workers to pass on defects
January 30, 2006
I've begun work on a Squidoo lens covering jidoka in software development
January 25, 2006
What would life be like if our tools prevented check-ins while there are any failing tests?
January 18, 2006
I'll be running my trusty Jidoka workshop again soon, this time at SPA2006 in March
November 21, 2005
I spent an enjoyable day last week at XPdays Benelux in Rotterdam. I ran a couple of sessions, attended a couple more, and met up with friends old and new
I'm Kevin Rutherford, from Macclesfield in the UK. I'm an independent agile software coach and mentor, specialising in test-driven development, agile, lean and the theory of constraints.
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