Comments for Personal Kanban http://www.personalkanban.com/pk visualize. learn. improve. Fri, 04 May 2012 22:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppet Series Post 3 by Maritza van den Heuvel http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/sunk-cost-loss-aversion-and-cannibalism-lean-muppet-series-post-3/#comment-3570 Maritza van den Heuvel Fri, 04 May 2012 22:11:30 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2172#comment-3570 Thanks for the post, Jim. I'm really enjoying your Muppet series. And I know of a project I'm currently working on where over-production of inventory has led to lots of waste and where the psychology of sunk cost has played a significant role. I'm fervently hoping never to repeat some of the mistakes made on this project. :-) Thanks for the post, Jim. I’m really enjoying your Muppet series. And I know of a project I’m currently working on where over-production of inventory has led to lots of waste and where the psychology of sunk cost has played a significant role. I’m fervently hoping never to repeat some of the mistakes made on this project. :-)

]]> Comment on Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 by Adam Yuret http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/variation-can-help-lean-muppet-post-1/#comment-3534 Adam Yuret Tue, 01 May 2012 15:30:21 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2147#comment-3534 Don't worry Ben, there can still be the 3 hours. Every PMP I know self-describes as doing >100% For example: "I'm 75% Scrum Master, 75% release manager" and such. So PMPs have to learn to fit more into a day than is physically possible. PMPjr will just be 125% busy at pre-school. :-) Don’t worry Ben, there can still be the 3 hours. Every PMP I know self-describes as doing >100% For example: “I’m 75% Scrum Master, 75% release manager” and such. So PMPs have to learn to fit more into a day than is physically possible. PMPjr will just be 125% busy at pre-school. :-)

]]> Comment on Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 by Ben Morris http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/variation-can-help-lean-muppet-post-1/#comment-3523 Ben Morris Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:38:07 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2147#comment-3523 Hmmmm, I can see it now PMP-Jr (TM). Every pre-school should work that into the curriculum. Of course, they'll have to remove about 3 hrs/day of creative play, but it is all for the better. Hmmmm, I can see it now PMP-Jr (TM). Every pre-school should work that into the curriculum. Of course, they’ll have to remove about 3 hrs/day of creative play, but it is all for the better.

]]> Comment on Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppet Series Post 3 by The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/sunk-cost-loss-aversion-and-cannibalism-lean-muppet-series-post-3/#comment-3521 The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:04:18 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2172#comment-3521 [...] Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppets Post 3 [...] [...] Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppets Post 3 [...]

]]> Comment on The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction by Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppet Series Post 3 | Personal Kanban http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/the-lean-muppet-series-introduction/#comment-3519 Sunk Cost, Loss Aversion, and Cannibalism: Lean Muppet Series Post 3 | Personal Kanban Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:42:47 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2152#comment-3519 [...] Posts: For a list of Lean Muppet posts and an explanation of why we did this… look here -> Lean Muppets Introduction AKPC_IDS += "2172,"; This entry was posted in Primers and tagged inventory, loss aversion, [...] [...] Posts: For a list of Lean Muppet posts and an explanation of why we did this… look here -> Lean Muppets Introduction AKPC_IDS += "2172,"; This entry was posted in Primers and tagged inventory, loss aversion, [...]

]]> Comment on Personal Kanban 101 by Personal kanban – an introduction « johnwin.co.uk http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/personal-kanban-101/#comment-3517 Personal kanban – an introduction « johnwin.co.uk Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:20:42 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?page_id=143#comment-3517 [...] the personal kanban comes along. The best resource I have found for this is over at the excellent personalkanban site. Jim Benson defines a personal kanban as “a simple way to visualise and control your [...] [...] the personal kanban comes along. The best resource I have found for this is over at the excellent personalkanban site. Jim Benson defines a personal kanban as “a simple way to visualise and control your [...]

]]> Comment on Failure Demand and Unthoughtful Production: Lean Muppet Series Post 2 by The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/failure-demand-and-unthoughtful-production-lean-muppet-series-post-2/#comment-3508 The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:00:35 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2161#comment-3508 [...] Failure Demand and Unthoughtful Production: Lean Muppets Post 2 [...] [...] Failure Demand and Unthoughtful Production: Lean Muppets Post 2 [...]

]]> Comment on Failure Demand and Unthoughtful Production: Lean Muppet Series Post 2 by Adam Yuret http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/failure-demand-and-unthoughtful-production-lean-muppet-series-post-2/#comment-3485 Adam Yuret Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:57:48 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2161#comment-3485 Simon doesn't look anything like post-production Bert! He doesn't have curly hair! Seriously though, perfect example of failure demand. In a recent engagement I was told that we could never deliver our product continuously because "our users are not sophisticated enough to use the product we deliver infrequently. It takes us weeks to train the users to use the product every time we release a major revision!" My suggestion that we might refocus our efforts to creating a product that was intuitively usable to our paying customers was met with blank stares of disbelief. The belief that "unsophisticated users" will /never/ be able to use /any/ product without extensive training was unshakable. Sometimes you can't put the fake-beard folks out of business. :-) Simon doesn’t look anything like post-production Bert! He doesn’t have curly hair!

Seriously though, perfect example of failure demand. In a recent engagement I was told that we could never deliver our product continuously because “our users are not sophisticated enough to use the product we deliver infrequently. It takes us weeks to train the users to use the product every time we release a major revision!” My suggestion that we might refocus our efforts to creating a product that was intuitively usable to our paying customers was met with blank stares of disbelief. The belief that “unsophisticated users” will /never/ be able to use /any/ product without extensive training was unshakable.

Sometimes you can’t put the fake-beard folks out of business. :-)

]]> Comment on Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 by The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/variation-can-help-lean-muppet-post-1/#comment-3477 The Lean Muppet Series: Introduction | Personal Kanban Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:44:30 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2147#comment-3477 [...] ← Depth in Progress: of Wine Snobs, Audiophiles, and Agilistas Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 → [...] [...] ← Depth in Progress: of Wine Snobs, Audiophiles, and Agilistas Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 → [...]

]]> Comment on Variation Can Help: Lean Muppet Post 1 by Adam Yuret http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/primers/variation-can-help-lean-muppet-post-1/#comment-3472 Adam Yuret Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:24:52 +0000 http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/?p=2147#comment-3472 But how can Kermit convince the shareholders and the board that they'll get a perfect rendition from A-Z before the quarterly earnings call? But how can Kermit convince the shareholders and the board that they’ll get a perfect rendition from A-Z before the quarterly earnings call?

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