Lean, continuous improvement, software company, product waste, process waste, kaizen, retrospectives, agile teams, agile organisations

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Improve Enterprise Agility
via a Lean Lens
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What is Waste?

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On average, You have
30% * waste in
your Processes
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in the Lean Office field.
50%* waste in
your Products

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Still don’t like
waste?...

5. Make Waste Transparent!
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6. How Value is Created in Software
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Concept CustomerProduct Planning Development Deployment

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
1, Partially
Done Work
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
2, Extra
Features
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
3, Extra
Processes
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
4, Handoffs
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
5, Delays
APILCONF’15 - Andrea Darabos @ADarabos
Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
6, Task
Switching
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
7, Defects
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
8, Unused
Skills*
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Illustrations are the property of the
Lean Lens authors, shared under cc license.

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The 8 Lean Software Wastes (Poppendieck’s)
1, Partially
Done Work
2, Extra
Features
3, Extra
Processes
4, Handoffs
5, Delays 6, Task
Switching
7, Defects 8, Unused
Skills*
APILCONF’15 - Andrea Darabos @ADarabos Mary & Tom Poppendieck: Lean Software Development.

16. Lean Lens Game
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Lean Lens Game for Software Development – under Creative Commons license
Co-developed by Andrea Darabos and Bazil Arden in 2014.

17. Setting our scene
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• You do software development for a large retailer
• The retailer is traditional
• You develop an online shopping platform for your
customers
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18. Waste in the Value Stream
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1, Partially Done
Work
Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3
Act B
Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3
Act C
2, Extra Features
3, Extra Processes
4, Handoffs
5, Delays
6, Task-Switching
7, Defects
8, Unused Skills
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Concept CustomerProduct Planning Development Deployment
Act A

19. Actors
Observers
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Development

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Lean ”Waste Grid” Act: __ Scene: __
1, Partially
Done Work
2, Extra
Features
3, Extra
Processes
4, Handoffs
5, Delays 6, Task
Switching
7, Defects 8, Unused
Skills*
* The 8th waste added by Andrea & Bazil, based on the traditional lean
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Code not
deployed
PM not avail.
for demo
during sprint
Etc.
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21. OK, Let’s get started
10 mins Read the script
10 mins Play the act, Observers note waste
15 mins Debrief in your team
- What wasteful activities did you find?
- How could you improve the situation?
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22. Practical Takeaways
• Do a Value Stream Map, from concept to customer
• Help your team visualize waste
• Identify waste during the sprint/release
• Discuss what to do about it
on your next retrospective
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23. How Can I Help?
Lean Lens Game – bit.ly/LeanLens
Non-commercial re-use, please attribute to Andrea Darabos, Bazil Arden 23
To help you identify
and address waste.
Workshops for
up to 120 people. @ADarabos
Thanks for the spot-on profile pic by Angel Medinilla 