What is a Persona? Personas are highly detailed fictional characters, representative of the majority of users and of other stakeholders who may not directly use the end product. Personas are created to identify the needs of the target user base. Creating specific Personas can help the team better understand users and their requirements and goals. […]
Read MoreWhat is Muda, Muri, Mura? One of the key ways in which “Agility” can be achieved is by reducing variations and addressing elements which reduces productivity. There are fundamentally 3 types of variations that can be distinguished Muda : Waste, Non-Value add activities, Idle time etc Muri : Overburdening of the system or impossible to […]
Read MoreWhat is DMAIC? The Lean-Six-Sigma projects follow the DMAIC methodology. DMAIC is an abbreviation for DEFINE, MEASURE, ANALYSE, IMPROVE and CONTROL. DMIAC is a data-driven improvement initiative used for improving, optimising and stabilizing business processes and products. Define Every Lean-Six-Sigma project starts with the Define phase. The purpose of the Define phase in DMAIC is […]
Read MoreWhy Lean-Six-Sigma go hand-in-hand? The Key principles of Lean are Value – Define what is of value to the customer Eliminate Waste – Identify the Value Stream and eliminate what is of no value to end customer Flow – Create a constant Flow Pull – Produce on demand and reduce backlogs or holdups Perfection – […]
Read MoreWhat is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is a long term, forward thinking initiative designed to fundamentally improve the way of doing things so that quality improves and variations are reduced. Six Sigma is more sophisticated than applying simple problem solving tools. Six Sigma applies statistical tools to identify and remove causes of variation. A process […]
Read MoreShort Interval Management (SIM) Did you know that the concept of Daily Stand-up meeting was there long back in the manufacturing world much before we IT guys were even born?? It was called Short Interval Management (SIM) and has Japanese roots. Short Interval Management is a shop floor exercise that engages team members to assess […]
Read MoreKaizen Kaizen is a lean management technique and has Japanese roots. Kaizen stands for “To disassemble and put together again in a better way”. Kaizen focuses on “Better 80% right today than 100% right tomorrow” Characteristics of Kaizen Focus on “Small Improvements” Teamwork and empowerment Participation is voluntary but with full commitment Solve the problems at […]
Read MoreIntegrating Scrum with Prince2 Organization I was working for a large bank in Europe where Prince2 was already being followed. It was working alright for all waterfall projects as well as a DSDM projects (which were sort of waterfalled agile implementations!). Bank decided to later on work on Scrum and effectively implement Agile in the […]
Read MoreAgile Synchronization across teams, geographies, methodologies When it comes to enterprise implementations, there would always be A variety of teams working in different countries Working on different functionalities Using different methodologies – a combination of Scrum, DSDM, Waterfall, Lean etc and many other variables Key lies in synchronization of deliveries while the deliveries do happen like […]
Read MoreScaling the Product Owner Role Large Scrum Project consists of many small teams working together. Of course, one Product Owner cannot be the Product Owner for all the teams. Also rarely will a single Product Owner have all the knowledge about all business functions to be implemented or changed. Generally, the following hierarchy is followed […]
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