Comments on: Software Development and Wasted Motion http://pathfindersoftware.com/2009/08/software-development-wasted-motion/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcus Blankenship http://pathfindersoftware.com/2009/08/software-development-wasted-motion/#comment-9738 Marcus Blankenship Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:03:15 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=3736#comment-9738 As I have applied the "seven deadly wastes" to the software development lifecycle, I associated motion with "project state movement". We used a traditional waterfall method, so there was lots of motion. For example, passing a project from one developer to another is motion. Passing the project from dev to test is motion. The more times these NVA "motion" activities happen, the more waste occurs. Just another perspective. Marcus P.S. My favorite waste was "Over production", which I felt mapped very closely to YAGNI. ;-) As I have applied the “seven deadly wastes” to the software development lifecycle, I associated motion with “project state movement”. We used a traditional waterfall method, so there was lots of motion.

For example, passing a project from one developer to another is motion. Passing the project from dev to test is motion. The more times these NVA “motion” activities happen, the more waste occurs.

Just another perspective.
Marcus

P.S. My favorite waste was “Over production”, which I felt mapped very closely to YAGNI. ;-)

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