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Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with MindMaps]
Mary Poppendieck (Poppendieck.LLC), Kenji Hiranabe (Change Vision, Inc.)
Discovery Sessions · Leadership
Friday, 08:30, 3 hours 30 minutes | Renaissance West A
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We will present examples of process improvement (Kaizen) at Toyota and demonstrate how the Toyota Production System (TPS) constantly examines and improves the way things are done to meet changing customer needs. Although software development is not a production, Agile development has a lot in common with TPS. Key case studies showing key TPS concepts will be presented. After presentation of each key TPS concept, small groups will explore commonalities and differences between Agile and TPS by developing Mind Maps, and then exchange the results with other attendees.
Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for over thirty years. She has managed software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development. She spearheaded the implementation of a Just-in-Time system in a 3M video tape manufacturing plant and led new product development teams, commercializing products ranging from digital controllers to 3M Light Fiberâ„¢. Mary is a popular writer and speaker, and author of the book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, which was awarded the Software Development Productivity Award in 2004. A sequel, Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash, was published in 2006.
Kenji Hiranabe is CEO of Change Vision, Inc.(A Japanese Agile software product company) A software developer of JUDE and TRICHORD, also the author of the book "Mind Mapping for Software Development: How graphical communication works(Japanese)" as well as a Japanese translator of "Extreme Programming Installed", "Lean Software Development", "Agile Project Management", and other Agile books.
