The Rise of the Lean Machine Storybook

Move over Steve Jobs! Check out this presentation created by Claudio Perrone (a.k.a. Agile Sensei). He is an independent consultant based in Dublin, Ireland, committed to help organizations achieve phenomenal improvements — fast. He is well known for his experience and focus on transformational leadership, software architecture, and Lean-Agile software development practices such as Scrum, Read More …

Theory of Constraints in Services eBook

John Arthur Ricketts, a distinguished engineer at IBM was my guest on the Business901 Podcast titled Using the Theory of Constraints in Services. This is a transcription of the podcast. Using TOC in Services John is a practitioner and innovator in the field of Theory of Constraints. His book, Reaching The Goal: How Managers Improve Read More …

What you can Learn from the Military on Cadence

If you have not been part of it you may not appreciate the military term of cadence. I spent 3 years in the 82nd Airborne running 2 miles a day to the sound of a voice similar to this.. 30 years later, I can still repeat most of these cadences. It forever produced a rhythmic Read More …

Rodney Dangerfield’s interpretation of the Lean Startup!

I happened upon this video the other day and could not help but think about the popular Lean Startup and Eric Ries. Eric is ever mindful of getting your product/service into the real world as quickly as possible. He laughs at the notion of creating this full fledge business model and structure that are institutions Read More …

Discussion of Agile, Kanban, Scrum with Landes – eBook

On the Business901 Podcast I had the pleasure interviewing Eric Landes. Eric is an Agile  Project Manager who has been using Kanban for software development since 2007. He has worked with Scrum, XP and other agile methods for over the past 5 years, and has been managing software projects for over 10 years. Eric has Read More …

Is Agile growing into a larger umbrella?

Recently I had a discussion with Alan Shalloway, the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean software development and the Lean/Agile field. He’s a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide, as well as a trainer and a coach. An excerpt from this Read More …