Take-away #2 from David Anderson’s Kanban Coaching workshop.

This post will be short and sweet. It’s not a revelation but it is a simple pattern that can support us in making the right decisions as we evolve and improve development processes.
Value trumps Flow
Flow trumps Waste reduction
Eliminate waste to improve efficiency
This mantra might be deceptively simple. We [...]

The article I’ve clipped from here is a response from John Shook to an article in the Wall Street Journal regarding a Lean transformation effort in it’s early stages at Starbucks.

But that’s not why I’ve clipped it.

The aspect of the article I wanted to draw attention to was the emphasis on the social aspects of [...]