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Tag Archives: Quality tools
Agile Story Point Estimation
In agile software development tasks are documented as user stories. Then the level of effort for those stores can be estimated by assigning each story points. The velocity that can be produced in a period (called a sprint, for us … Continue reading
Posted in Data, IT, Process improvement, Quality tools, quote, Software Development
Tagged agile management, project management, Quality tools, quote, Software Development, variation
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Trust But Verify
The following are my comments, which were sparked by question “Trust, but verify. Is this a good example of Profound Knowledge in action?” on the Linked In Deming Institute group. Trust but verify makes sense to me. I think of … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Management, quote, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, evidence based management, in-process measures, Psychology, Quality tools, quote, respect for people, Systems thinking
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Eliminate the Waste of Waiting in Line with Queuing Theory
One thing that frustrates me is how managers fail to adopt proven strategies for decades. One very obvious example is using queuing theory to setup lines. Yes it may be even better to adopt strategies to eliminate as much waiting … Continue reading
Dr. Deming in 1980 on Product Quality in Japan and the USA
I posted an interesting document to the Curious Cat Management Library: it includes Dr. Deming’s comments as part of a discussion organized by the Government Accounting Office in 1980 on Quality in Japan and the United States. The document provides … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Public Sector, Quality tools, quote, Respect, Statistics, Systems thinking
Tagged continual improvement, curiouscat, Deming, government, Japan, Lean thinking, management, management history, managing people, Process improvement, Psychology, Public Sector, quality, Quality tools, quote, respect for people, SPC, Statistics, Systems thinking, variation
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Management Blog Posts From October 2006
I have selected a few posts from the Curious Cat Management Blog back in October 2006 for those of you who were not reading this blog then. Why Pay Taxes or be Honest – “I don’t think acting illegally, immorally, … Continue reading
Posted in Quality tools, Respect
Tagged continual improvement, hiring, Quality tools, respect for people
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Not Ambiguous Sign
I like the series of posts by Jon Miller on Ambiguous signs (another example). Here is a sign that got my attention recently and they succeeded in keeping me away (which I think was their intention). The area is near … Continue reading
Posted in Quality tools
Tagged Quality tools, visual instructions, visual management
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Visual Management with Brown M&Ms
When you hear about rock musicians having a clause in their contract that they must have a bowl of M&Ms in their dressing room with all the brown M&Ms removed you could be excused for thinking: what will these crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Quality tools
Tagged communication, Creativity, poka yoke, problem solving, Quality tools, visual communication, visual management
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Good Execution Can Make Management Tools Like Time and Motion Studies Useful
In my experience most management concepts are applied poorly. Many of the concepts may also be bad. For example, performance appraisals are both done poorly and a bad idea. The solution is not to do performance appraisal righter: for what … Continue reading
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Tagged management, Quality tools
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One factor at a time (OFAT) Versus Factorial Designs
Guest post by Bradley Jones Almost a hundred years ago R. A. Fisher‘s boss published an article espousing OFAT (one factor at a time). Fisher responded with an article of his own laying out his justification for factorial design. I … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Design of Experiments, Popular, Quality tools, Science, Six sigma, Statistics
Tagged Design of Experiments, guest post, Popular, Quality tools, Science, Six sigma, Statistics
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Why Use Lean if So Many Fail To Do So Effectively
If less than 1% of companies are successful with Lean, why are we doing it? Lots of us are not. I would say the efforts I see “fail” are because they don’t do it. They have something they call TQM, … Continue reading →