One of the biggest challenges for an organization transitioning to Lean is to formulate a bold and inspiring vision that provides a clear direction and motivation for continuous learning and innovation. Organizations that fail to this will mostly be tweaking existing operations to achieve short-term objectives, and they won’t be very exciting places to work. [...]
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Interview with Chris Hefley, President, Bandit Software
Bandit Software was founded in May of 2009 by Chris Hefley, Stephen Franklin, and Daniel Norton. At the beginning of 2010, the company launched its first product, LeanKit Kanban, an electronic kanban system for managing inventory flow in value streams. We spoke with Chris about Kanban for software development, different form factors for Kanban, using an [...]
Interview with Frank Macaulay, Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMCO) is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2009 revenues of $45.1 billion. Future Combat Systems (FCS) was the United States Army’s [...]
Interview with Steve Mayer and Justin Cooper, Buzztime
Buzztime is a market leader in trivia games. Beginning in March of 2008, the company began working with the Lean Software Institute to implement Lean Product Development. A year later, we spoke with Buzztime’s VP of Software Development (Steve) and Senior Director of Product Management (Justin) about the results they have achieved so far. We [...]