Recent Articles
Minimizing Risk When Launching a Product
How does a business minimize the uncertainty and risk it faces when launching a new product to market? Markets are full of uncertainties with ever changing demands. New products are entering the marketplace all the time. These products cause severe turbulence and unexpected outcomes. Companies operate with scarce resources – time, budget, and information. In […]
Stop Doing Kanban! Start Learning
This is a session from the Lean Software and Systems Conference 2012 (LSSC12). Learning is the new currency. Practices and processes will come and go; only the wise survive. If you don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing, Kanban nor Lean, nor any other cool new thing will deliver the maximum benefit. And if […]
Lean or Kanban Will Not Save Us From Ourselves
Lean or Kanban will not save us from ourselves. By themselves, they will not prevent us from producing software that does not deliver value to the end customer. SEP has spent the better part of 20 years getting good at software development. Throughout those 20 years, SEP has sought to improve or methods and processes. […]
SEP Named #1 2010 ‘Best Places to Work in Indiana’
Yesterday, SEP received top honors as the best place to work in Indiana in the small to medium-sized company category. The rest of the state now knows what I’ve always believed in my heart: SEP is a great place to work! It’s been a goal of the company for as long as I can remember. […]
My Agile 2010 Sessions
I’ve submitted 2 proposals for sessions at the Agile 2010 conference. They can be previewed here: https://agile2010.agilealliance.org/node/6079 https://agile2010.agilealliance.org/node/6250 You have to create an account to view them. But, once you do, you can leave comments and browse other Agile 2010 session proposals. Let me know what you think!
My LSSC 2010 Presentation
In addition to chairing a track, I will also be speaking at the LSSC conference to be held April 21-23, 2010 in Atlanta GA. My presentation on using Lean and Kanban in a contracting environment will by on Wednesday the 21st from 5:00pm – 6:00pm in the Kanban Track. I’ve posted the abstract here: Kanban […]