--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Steven J. Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 06:09:35PM +0200, Amir Kolsky wrote:
> > Mind you, automobile factories, at least in Japan are the
embodiment of
> > agile...
> >
> > See Toyota...
>
> Oddly enough, I just had a conversation with a business person at
> a design firm nearby, about agile development methodologies. She
> brought up the Toyota model, which is apparently getting a lot of
> attention and efforts to adopt it in healthcare, education, etc.
I can definitely see supply chain management and
process streamlining being useful in health care.
While it's off topic, I'd be interested in seeing
how it would work in education, though.
>
> > So Software Factory is not such a bad name after all...
>
> A factory may be run along agile lines, but since a factory is
> 1% product development and 99% product replication, and software
> development has the opposite ratio, it's not a very useful metaphor
> for discussing software devlepoment.
As a metaphor, no, but there are an awful lot
of processes in a software development environment
that could benefit from careful attention to
eliminating waste.
For example, if a developer has to correct
a significant number of keying errors that
result in wasted passes through the edit and
compile loop, more attention to entering it
right the first time could pay significant
dividends, both in time and improved flow.
John Roth
>
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> Steven J. Owens
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