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The Weibull Training Wheels

My old post, Inside a Lead Time Distribution, remains popular. I wrote it more than five years ago based on what I learned through practice and research 5-7 years ago. People continue to read it, reference it, and ask me … Continue reading

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Cycle Time Revisited

The cycle time has been a hot topic for me lately. A debate is going on on kanbandev. Meanwhile, someone at a client site has asked my advice on continuous delivery (of software) and whether “the cycle time” is a … Continue reading

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Quotable Zomblatt

Zomblatt is a social media meme that started in 2012. It has helped people understand and reflect on various aspects of Agile/Lean through small doses of humour, usually 140 characters at a time. The best definition of Zomblatt I can … Continue reading

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How to Do Agile Software Development with Offshore Resources

Doing Agile with offshore resources is an important topic to many software professionals. To succeed with Agile using offshore resources, you have to understand two principles: The process of doing Agile with offshore resources is highly dependent on the geography … Continue reading

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Some Remarks on the History of Kanban

I have recently had to reply to a thread about history of the (software/IT) Kanban method on LinkedIn, which stated that the (software and IT) Kanban method originated from Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota Production System and went into the direction I … Continue reading

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