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The Language of Metrics: Lean Muppets Series Post 4

It’s like a really heavy iPhone. Silly aliens! In business, we mistake inanimate objects for our customers, our employees, our teams, and everyone else. Our inanimate objects are metrics. Just like the telephone, they are things we make to convey … Continue reading

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The Cumulative Flow Diagram – Metrics in Personal Kanban

This post discusses the most powerful – but perhaps most intimidating – technique. In upcoming posts we’ll look as some less intense methods,  so don’t let this post scare you. In kanban for software design, a “cumulative flow diagram” is … Continue reading

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Making Waste Explicit

Noticing waste serves no purpose. Understanding it does. Whether we seek to manage waste or attempt to eliminate it entirely, we need to know how much of it exists and what form it takes – what’s its volume, its shape, its … Continue reading

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