Businesses Aren’t Agile, or Innovative or…

Happy New Year’s all! Welcome to 2019, the year our company, The ABC Company finally masters #Agile or #Innovation of any of a myriad of other #buzz words! Anyone who has worked in the corporate world in their career has probably heard a speech like that.  It is usually a ‘C’ Suite leader extolling the …

What is a Hypothesis?

To understand what Hypothesis is and how we use the Hypothesis method we need some background information. Let’s start, by learning about the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on …

Agile & Lean

What is and what is not, in the simple words and thoughts of a lifelong learner, creative professional and an incorrigible ‘failer‘ (not failure!). Agile: 1. Able to move quickly and easily.  Synonyms: nimble, lithe, supple, limber, acrobatic, fleet-footed, light-footed, light on one’s feet; 2. Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used …

Work in Progress (WIP)

WIP is an important concept in Lean and Agile. By definition, WIP is: a form of inventory, usually unfinished goods which still require further work, processing, assembly and or inspection. This type of inventory is usually found within steps or sub-processes of a production process. Only raw materials which have commenced to move through their value adding …