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Books about Lean Software Development (timothyfitz.wordpress.com)
8 points by _pius on April 28, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


I am increasingly skeptical of these "new models of software development." It sounds suspiciously like the business school jargon another article mentioned earlier today. Some key excerpts:

"This is the book you must absolutely read...It identifies and covers in depth seven fundamental lean principles: Eliminate Waste, Amplify Learning, Decide as Late as Possible, Deliver as Fast as Possible, Empower the Team, Build Integrity In and Seeing The Whole."

"Lean Software Development helps you refocus development on value, flow and people- so you can achieve breakthrough quality, savings, speed and business alignment."

Yeah, they're both from the same book, but the author chooses to start his article with them.


The quote "Knowledge, by its very nature, must be intelligible, not obscure" is wonderful (as pointed out in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=581597).

Management ideas seem to be like skin products, if you dont understand how they work, it is likely that it is just high priced mud. (Also, they wont solve all your beauty issues, sometimes you just need to be beautiful to start with.)




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