Monday, July 28, 2008

Mean, Lean and the Almighty!

Is 6-Sigma the answer to managing the Cost of Poor Quality for IT projects?
Thats a mean sales gimmick...by just staring at the UCL and LCL for metrics and then determining the means and reducing the variability does not lead to reducing the CoPQ.


Is Toyotas Production System abstracted as Lean management a panacea for IT services productivity?
It is a pretty interesting question, and its answer depends on whom, when, how and with what intent you are asking.


Can applying any of the above method lead to 30% IT productivity?
Maybe Almighty can answer this!


Is it better than using Agile methodologies for Software development?
The answer to the above, in my opinion is fairly easy for anybody who is seasoned in the IT industry and has dealt with a typical SDLC/V-Process model for their Software products' development.

1 comment:

  1. I think the answer to the question what is the Right answer is "it depends" - it depends upon the context, the stakeholder and the time. My view is that all these frameworks and associated tools one should keep in the solution box and pick, mix and match as per the need. The ingenuity lies in experimenting with various techniques and then may be developing a new method by abstracting the solution to a higher plane. Well that requires hard work rather than looking at cookie cutter solutions. My experience has been that not only it is the right approach but actually it is refreshingly enjoyable - the whole process!

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