The Lean-Agile Mindset Flashcards
What is the Lean-Agile Mindset?
The combination of beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, and actions of SAFe leaders and practitioners who embrace the concepts of Lean Thinking and the Agile Manifesto.
What are the two mindsets you can encounter when transitioning to SAFe?
Fixed vs Growth Mindset
What is the goal of lean thinking?
To deliver the maximum value (a solution) to the customer in the shortest sustainable lead time (trigger to customer).
What are the 5 principles of lean thinking?
1) Precisely specify value by product
2) Identify the Value Stream for each product
3) Make value flow without interruptions
4) Let the customer pull value from the producer
5) Pursue perfection
What are the 4 values of the Agile Manifesto?
1) Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
2) Working software over comprehensive documentation
3) Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
4) Responding to change over following a plan
How do leaders spread the mindset, values and principle of Agile.
By modeling behaviors. Leading by Example and Leading the Change. It’s not enough to just support it.
What is lean thinking about and where did it come from?
Lean is a set of principles and practices for efficient manufacturing and operations that grew out of the Toyota Production System
What is flow?
Smooth, linear, and fast movement of work product from step to step in the value stream.
What are the 8 properties of a flow system?
1) Work-in-process (WIP)
2) Bottlenecks
3) Handoffs
4) Feedback
5) Batch
6) Queue
7) Worker
8) Policies
What are the 8 flow accelerators?
1) Visualize and limit WIP
2) Address Bottlenecks
3) Minimize handoffs and dependencies
4) Get faster feedback
5) Work in smaller batches
6) Reduce queue length
7) Optimize time “in the zone”
8) Remediate legacy policies and practices
What is a handoff?
Handoffs occur whenever there is a separation between knowledge, responsibility, action, and feedback.
