This week I'm covering the seventh principle of lean, which is to optimize the whole.

Respecting the people in your organization has many implications regarding the way the environment is created, and the way the work within is conducted.  This episode outlines how this respect is reflected in both manufacturing and in automating a business process.

The idea of delivering fast has a very different meaning when you compare the manufacture of physical products to the process of developing a system to meet a business need.  This episode will delve into those differences.

Waiting until the "last responsible moment" to make critical decisions is important both in physical manufacturing and the creation of business automation.  This week, I'll outline the concept and the differences that exist when applying to these processes.

This week I will examine the principle "create knowledge" and how it influences both the way physical products are manufactured but in the creation of business automation.  Along the way I wall introduce the process of Kaizen, and compare that to the idea of a Spike in hardware and software development.

This week I'll delve into the concept of quality as a constant concern in project management, and use the Toyota Production System to illustrate what this means both in terms of building physical products, but also the creation of business automation.

In part one of my series on Lean, I examine the concept of eliminating Muda, or waste.  I will show this in the context of manufacturing and software development, to compare and contrast the two.

This will be the first in a series on Lean Manufacturing and Lean Software Development, which is a major enabled of agile processes.

I conclude this series my summarizing my current views on AI and it's increasing role in the development of business automation.

In the episode I will reflect on what I have learned by interacting with the management of the corporations I teach for, regarding the thoughts, concerns, and plans around AI.