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janbau's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
mlfowler's review against another edition
4.0
Having first learned about Lean development from the Poppendieck's trilogy of books it's quite interesting to see where those ideas developed from. The car manufacturing history is more fascinating than I expected and there is a lot of excellent critiques of mass production firms.
Interpreting this myself to the software industry, software development is largely craft production as defined within The Machine. Most larger software firms are continually trying to apply mass production thinking either through the endless tooling standardisation or pining hopes on code generation. Given how bespoke most software development is, Lean production is rightly the way to go allowing for the craftsmanship required to satisfy individual customer requests whilst achieving a higher quality standard in a more controlled and predictable way.
Interpreting this myself to the software industry, software development is largely craft production as defined within The Machine. Most larger software firms are continually trying to apply mass production thinking either through the endless tooling standardisation or pining hopes on code generation. Given how bespoke most software development is, Lean production is rightly the way to go allowing for the craftsmanship required to satisfy individual customer requests whilst achieving a higher quality standard in a more controlled and predictable way.
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