You're reading from Scaling Scrum Across Modern Enterprises Implement Scrum and Lean-Agile techniques across complex products, portfolios, and programs in large organizations

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216473

Length 618 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Scrum

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Author (1):

Cecil 'Gary' Rupp

Preface

1. Section 1: Scaling Lightweight Scrum into a Heavyweight Contender

2. Chapter 1: TheOrigins of Agile and Lightweight Methodologies FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Scrum Beyond Basics

4. Chapter 3: The Scrum Approach

5. Chapter 4: Systems Thinking

6. Chapter 5: Lean Thinking

7. Chapter 6: Lean Practices in Software Development

8. Section 2: Comparative Review of Industry Scaled Agile Approaches

9. Chapter 7: Scrum of Scrums

10. Chapter 8: Scrum@Scale

11. Chapter 9: The Nexus Framework

12. Chapter 10: Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS)

13. Chapter 11: Disciplined Agile

14. Chapter 12: Essential Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

15. Chapter 13: Full Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)

16. Section 3: Implementation Strategies

17. Chapter 14: Contrasting Scrum/Lean-Agile Scaling Approaches

18. Assessments

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 5 – Lean Thinking

Why is the concept of value important in Lean thinking?
- Value is defined by the customer, and essentially includes anything and everything your customer is willing to pay for, and not one item more. Adding more than a customer wants is waste. Anything less leaves the customer dissatisfied and potentially open to looking at alternative products and solutions.
What are the five foundational principles of Lean thinking (Womack and Jones, 2003)?
- Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, and Perfection.
What are the eight common forms of waste?
- Waiting, overproduction, extra-processing, transportation, motion, inventory, defects, and unused human talent and intellect.
What are the three primary types of value streams?
- The process of product conceptualization and design
- Demand creation and order handling
- Product development and delivery
What is the purpose of TAKT time, and how is it calculated?
- It is a mathematical approach to limit the intake of new...