Category: Lean

Ken Schwaber, father of Scrum: Agile is an evolution of survival of the fittest (Turing Interview)

The rapid development of software has become the key to the viability of the company, not only in the way the company operates, but also in the software that has been embedded in their products. Enterprises that do not evolve, do not apply agile methods in software and product development, will not be able to compete effectively to survive. (软件发展之迅速，已经成为了公司是否能存活的关键，这不仅关乎公司运转的方式，也关乎已经被嵌入到他们产品中的软件。那些不进化的企业，不在软件和产品开发中应用敏捷方法的企业，就无法有效竞争并存活下来。)

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精益生产中的8种浪费 – 如何定义？

A lean organization understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it. The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has zero waste. This article shows you how to identify those wastes (精益组织了解客户价值, 并专注于其关键流程以不断提高客户价值。最终目标是通过一个零浪费的完美价值创造过程, 为客户提供完美的价值。本文向您展示了如何识别这些浪费)

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Scrum vs 瀑布 vs 敏捷 vs 精益 vs 看板

There are a number of different approaches in the software development industry – some are new takes on old methods and others have adapted a relatively new approach. The two most commonly used methods in this field are the Agile such as, Scrum, Kanban and Lean and etc., and traditional Waterfall models such as structured methods or newer RUP. ( 软件开发行业有许多不同的方法 – 一些是旧方法的新方法，另一些方法采用了相对较新的方法。该领域中最常用的两种方法是敏捷，如Scrum，Kanban和Lean等，以及传统的瀑布模型，如结构化方法或更新的RUP。大多数遵循这两种模式的软件公司都认为他们选择的方法在方面是优越的，所以在我们回答这个问题之前，“哪一个更成功？我们应该看看它们的主要区别。)

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什么是敏捷软件开发？

When talking about Agile, we often talk about ”Agile” and ”Scrum,” but, how exactly are related, and how are they different? We take a look of this issue in this Article. (在谈到敏捷时, 我们经常谈论 “敏捷” 和 “scrum”, 但是, 它们到底有什么关系, 它们有什么不同？我们在本文中介绍了这一问题。)

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