Format: presentation
Duration: 60 minutes

NOTE: we can't guarantee yet that we can attend Scan-Agile. We will decide before the organisers select the program.

Abstract

The "Toyota Way" contains 14 management principles to implement Lean:

• Flow of Value
• Heijunka
• Standardised Work
• Reliable Technology
• Visual Control
• Pull
• Jidoka
• Genchi Genbutsu
• Grow leaders
• Nemawashi
• Leader Standard Work
• Daily Accountability
• Leadership Discipline
• Develop Exceptional Teams
• Hansei and Kaizen
• Understand Customer Value
• Challenge, respect and help partners
• Long-term philosophy

Throughout the presentation, we tell stories of how we've applied these principles. One case in particular is used to illustrate many of the principles: a move from Waterfall to Agile in IT coincided with a move to Lean in the production area supported by IT. On the one hand, the Lean change has endured, because it really changed the culture. On the other hand, the use of Agile, in spite of its initial success, succumbed to the prevailing Waterfall culture.

We argue that using the Toyota Way principles to manage at all levels is crucial to the success of a Lean or Agile transformation.

Detailed description

• Introduction: why study the Toyota Way?
• The Process principles: "The right process will lead to the right results."
• The People principles: "Growing, teaching and developing people, leaders and partners."
• The Problem Solving principles: "Continuous reflection and improvement leads to a learning organisation."
• The Philosophy principle: "Work for the long term, even at the expense of short-term financial results."
• Q&A

Bios

Pascal Van Cauwenberghe is a consultant based in Brussels who tries to solve more problems than he creates. To do this, he uses Agile, Lean, Theory of Constraints and Systems Thinking techniques.

He's one of the founders of the Belgian XP group and one of the organizers of XP Days Benelux. One day he and Vera Peeters invented the "XP Game", because they couldn't explain XP to their team and customers. They've learned that games are an ideal way to learn. Since then he tries to transform work into play...

Portia Tung is an Agile Consultant-Coach based in London, specialising in software process improvement using principles and practices from Lean Software Development, XP and Scrum. Portia enjoys working in Europe, in particular, in francophone countries. She has had a number of roles over the years, ranging from Java developer and technical team lead to development manager and consultant. She typically works in a multi-disciplined and technical capacity, helping organisations become more agile through collaboration and coaching.

Additional material

http://www.agilecoach.net/coach-tools/the-toyota-way/