Leadership Reading List
Leadership reading list. Continue reading Leadership Reading List
Author Archives: Bill Wake
Interface Seams: Activity Theory
Activity Theory is a framework that provides some insight into issues around how people use tools. This is a small summary of some of its ideas. Continue reading Interface Seams: Activity Theory
Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Set-based concurrent engineering: considering a solution as the intersection of a number of feasible parts, rather than iterating on a bunch of individual “point-based” solutions. Continue reading Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Using Actuals with Estimates
A way to track estimates. Continue reading Using Actuals with Estimates
Review – The Toyota Product Development System
The Toyota Product Development System, James M. Morgan and Jeffrey K. Liker, Productivity Press, 2006. Toyota’s lean manufacturing system has had a lot of press, but lean influences their product development approach as well. This book emphasizes the system aspects Continue reading Review – The Toyota Product Development System
Review – Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review. (Magazine). This almost-monthly magazine features interesting articles on the challenges of business. I particularly enjoy the case studies, where different experts comment on a situation. I keep an article or two from almost every issue. (This month, Continue reading Review – Harvard Business Review
ScrumGathering ’06, Open Space
ScrumGathering. Continue reading ScrumGathering ’06, Open Space
Alistair Cockburn on Bottlenecks
Bottlenecks and strategies. Continue reading Alistair Cockburn on Bottlenecks
Refactoring Workbook
“Refactoring improves through practice.” Continue reading Refactoring Workbook
Chunky Demo
A puzzle you solve by dragging tiles into the proper position. Continue reading Chunky Demo