Software the Agile Way....

During Refinement meeting, team +PO should assess the below pointers: Requirements that are clear; we foresee no significant changes Requirements that are incomplete; we foresee moderate changes Requirements that are ambiguous; we foresee many changes Requirements that are potentially missing or implicitly stated These pointers can help in budgeting and costing a project.

Lean manufacturing started with Henry Ford, who not only concentrated on material flow by linking manufacturing operations, but understood that, "Having a stock of raw materials or finished goods in excess of re­quirements is waste." He prevented the storage of ma­terial in any stage of completion by not having a single warehouse. After World War II, Taiichi Ohno and asso­ciates, including Shigeo Shingo, built on Henry Ford's ideas and developed the Toyota Production System, described as "a reasonable method of making products since it completely eliminates unnecessary elements in production for the purpose of cost reduction. The basic idea in such a production system is to produce the kind of units needed, at the time needed, and in the quanti­ties needed." Toyota focused on reducing cost, and on developing continuous flow for low-volume production. Lean manufacturing puts an increased emphasis on adding value. In a mature, lean manufacturing environ­ment, pro...