http://leantech.com/blog Eliminating Information Frustration Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today’s Alertbox on useit.com discusses how Agile software development is improving the focus on user experiences, and provides summary data showing the internal organizational satisfaction with the methodology. Here’s the data: Project Methodology ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/11/04/jakob-nielsen-on-agilelean/ robust [roh-buhst]: strongly or stoutly built. checklist [chek-list]: a list of items. Struggling to create a process that produces a quality end product every time? Something as simple as a checklist may be your starting point.  It apparently has worked for hotels.  If you’ve heard about Peter ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/10/22/need-a-robust-process-how-about-starting-with-a-checklist/ Is Iowa the only state with a concerted, identified effort to improved quality, cost, and service, even having a “Lean Day Proclomation”?  Just read a post from Jamie Flinchbaugh on Mark Graban’s blog.  Jamie will be speaking at the Lean Government Exchange in June in Des Moines, IA.  Glad to ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/04/20/more-lean-in-iowa-government/ Seems to me that “Depression 2.0” never happened, and probably isn’t likely to. On the Forbes DigitalRules blog, Twenty Reasons for Optimism. On the Value Acceleration blog, Mitch has noticed busy airports and cities. And what’s fueling the turn around?  Innovative people like Jeremy Parker, who’s story ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/03/20/things-are-looking-up-a-friday-roundup/ Dan Roam of "The Back of the Napkin Blog" discusses a new book on his blog called Problem Solving 101 by Ken Watanabe.  The book was originally written in Japanese, but after great success in Japan there is now an English version selling in the US.  Here's a brief snippet ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/03/11/problem-solving-101/ This post was inspired by my wife and "On being nimble versus visionary" over at the Learning About Lean blog. Now is certainly a time in the business environment to be flexible.  To be adaptable.  To grab opportunity when others sit back and watch.  And the airport shuttle ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/03/03/not-interested-in-shoes-how-about-pizza/ About to go on a rant...a rant about marketing speak.  I guess this isn't the first time I've done this.  I guess what is probably frustrating for me is that seemingly a lot of people swoon and end up in a trance at the horse and pony show a lot ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/02/06/alright-enough-with-the-jargon-already-just-tell-me-where-it-hurts/ "We're cutting R & D." "We have money right now, we're just not spending any of it." (something I heard from a potential client of mine in the last few months) A VP I was speaking to at a large manufacturer said a mistake their organization made in ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/02/03/dont-wait-for-recovery-lead-the-recovery/ Was reading Jim Womack's latest newsletter yesterday from LEI (linked newsletter content is blank right now, there was a snafu sending out email newsletter also, will probably be fixed later).  In it he discusses the challenge of developing lean leaders, both in the "real world" and through the education system. ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/01/23/lean-learning-jit-education-or-trial-by-fire/ What?!  Yeah, okay, maybe it's a stretch.  But bear with me.  Maybe I was desperately searching for a way to include this cool video, but if nothing else, you'll get to see a really cool video. wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo. ... http://leantech.com/blog/2009/01/22/lean-operations-is-like-wingsuit-base-jumping/