During the last big project, duration more than a year, we used scrum. But it was a tailored scrum process. The reasons for the tailoring were: No scrum/agile experience in the company Small team (4 developers) Knowledge of tailoring RUP or Hermes First project with agile methods Normally I was the Scrum Master and mostly also the Product owner. The role of the Product owner should be fulfilled by the customer, but in our project, there were several customers with…
Kaizen is a very interesting approach, also in the software industry. On Wikipedia you’ll find the following description of Kaizen: Kaizen is a Japanese word adopted into English referring to a philosophy or practices focusing on continuous improvement in manufacturing activities, business activities in general, and even life in general, depending on interpretation and usage. Kaizen aims to eliminate waste, to improve the process or activities (techniques). I heard about Kaizen the first time at an economic course, and I…