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 […]

Some Coaching/Consulting Tips

As an apology for failing to keep up with some blogging, I am re-posting from a private blog where I had been active and sharing some other insights! Hopefully these is some value in sharing some materials/books/articles videos that I use, read, found helpful etc.  If you don’t find these valuable let me know, I […]

Batch Size

In the world of Agile & Lean, as in the world in general, the likelihood of successfully completing something is based on how you manage the work, which ultimately is about how you break it into manageable, achievable units, then go about completing it. Batch size is nothing more than the common units of work.  In Agile […]

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 […]