2011
Lean Principles and Software Architecture: The Waste of Information Transformation
Agile , Lean , SEI Research Add commentsBy Nanette Brown, Senior Member of the Technical Staff
Research, Technology, and System Solutions program
Occasionally this blog will highlight different posts from the SEI blogosphere. Today’s post is from the SATURN Network blog by Nanette Brown, a senior member of the technical staff in the SEI’s Research, Technology, and System Solutions
program. This post, the third in a series
on lean principles and architecture, continues the discussion on the eight types of waste identified in Lean manufacturing and how these types of waste manifst themselves in software development. The focus of this post is on mapping the waste of motion and the waste of transportation from manufacturing to the waste of information transformation in software development.
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Aug 12, 2011 at 12:56 AM Hello I'm a lean practitioner familiar with the 7 wastes
1. Overproduction.
2. Waiting
3. Transporting
4. Inappropriate Processing
5. Excess Inventory
6. Excess Motion
7. Defects
What is the eighth?
Also you have a very informative blog keep up the good work!
Aug 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM Hi David -
Thanks for your comment.
You are correct that in the original Toyota Production System, Taiichi Ohno identified 7 types of waste. At a later point in time an 8th type of waste was added, the waste of unused employee creativity.
Regards,
Nanette