Laurent Bossavit
Sometimes it feels like a fact of life, like death and taxes, that software developers are ever cursed to write code full of bugs, then take them out one by one, with the patient assistance of testers (also known as “quality assurance”). At times we could believe that programming is special, that the Lean ideal of “right first time” cannot apply there, and developers and testers are doomed to the current uneasy (and sometimes adversarial) relationship. Here is a real story, not a fairy tale, to shine a hopeful light for those walking the Lean path...
Bernard Notarianni, Umolelo
This is the true story of a software creation team who wanted to double its productivity. See how a PDCA-like approach led them to implement the Dojo and Mob programming practices, what did work and what needed to be improved. Bernard show how the practices relate to the TWI concepts described in “Toyota Talent” and how this leads to a “Training Within Software” practice, adapted to highly creative activities performed by software creators. This session should generate new ideas for agile teams who want to improve their skills and efficiency through a standardized...
Emmanuel Richard, BNP Paribas
While pulling the flow is a renowned key to lean improvements in industry, it is rarely seen in the world of IT. BNP Paribas’ central IT department decided experiment it in order to see what could be gained of this. Beyond the many difficulties it raised, the results materialized not only in dramatic operational improvements, but also in new lessons learned from this way of producing value for the customer. This presentation replicates the exact same working conditions the team faced throughout the project, thus inviting the audience to a personal journey inside this...