Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]

safety considerations, stop-the-line culture

sales, engineering, development (SED) system

Sapolsky, Harvey

satisfaction, customer 2nd

schedules

     and teams 2nd

    inventory [See Just-in-Time.]

     Kanban

     PatientKeeper releases

     philosophy of

     slipping dates

Schnaith, Kent

Schwaber, Ken

scientific method

     Deming Cycle

     Just-in-Time commitment

     managing people

     problem solving 2nd

     steps of

     stop-the-line culture

     Toyoda, Kiichiro

     Toyoda, Sakichi

     Toyota Production System

scope bloat

scope control

Scrum

     bottleneck elimination

     creation of

     definition

     quality improvement

     stress avoidance

     Type A

     Type B

     Type C

     waste elimination

     winning companies

     winning product portfolio

     winning teams

Scrum Product Owners

ScrumMasters

Sears

SED (sales, engineering, development) system

seiketsu (standardize)

seiri (sort)

seiso (shine)

seiton (systematize)

self-directing work

self-organization 2nd 3rd

set-based design

seven principles

     building quality in

     create knowledge

     defer commitment

     deliver fast

     eliminate waste

     myths

         haste makes waste

         one best way

         optimize by decomposition

         planning is commitment

         predictable outcomes

         specifications reduce waste

         testing to find defects

     optimize the whole

     respect people

seven wastes [See also waste.]

     defects

     delays

     extra features

     handoffs

     partially done work

     relearning

     task switching

seven year list, example

shared leadership

sharing early and often

Shewhart Cycle

Shimmings, Ian

shine (seiso)

Shingo, Shigeo

     introduction

     purpose of inspections

     seven wastes

     types of inspections

ship builders, training

shitsuke (sustain)

Shook, Jim

Shore, Jim

Sienna minivan

Silicon Valley Product Group

silos 2nd

simulation, kanban cards

single point of responsibility

Six Sigma 2nd

slack 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

slipping dates

Sloan, Alfred P. 2nd

slogans as incentives

small batches 2nd 3rd 4th

Smalley, Art

Smith, Levering

Sobek, Durwood

software

     cost of maintenance

     development timeline

    difficult to change [See legacy systems.]

     embedded, definition

     enterprise, definition

     legacy

    structure of [See architecture, software.]

software companies versus internal IT

software development

     capable processes

     concurrent

     defect queues

     detailed design

     deterministic school

     empirical school

    handling changes [See change, ; management.]

     large-batch approach 2nd

     outsourcing

     plan-driven methods

    principles of [See principles ; seven principles.]

     process quality measurement

     speed versus hacking

     speed, competitive advantage

     systematic learning

     waterfall model 2nd

software development, custom systems

     accountability

     beginning/end criteria

     change requests

     funding profiles

     IT departments

         accountability

         fixing

         versus software companies

         we-they model

     ITbusiness collaboration

     products versus projects

     software companies versus internal IT

     staffing

     we-they model

Software Requirements Specifications (SRS)

sort (seiri)

Southwest Airlines

span of influence versus span of control

specialists in teams

specification-by-example

specifications 2nd

speed [See also deliver fast, principle of ; queuing theory.]

     average projects

     cycle time

     dividing work into stories

     expediting

     measuring

     PatientKeeper delivery cycle

     principle of

     process availability

     process capability

     red flags

     setting upper limits

     time delays

     unique projects

     versus hacking

Spolsky, Joel

Spring

Sprints, at PatientKeeper

SRS (Software Requirements Specifications)

staffing [See partners ; people, managing ; teams.]

Stalk, George 2nd

standardization, problem solving

standardize (seiketsu)

standards for software development

statistical process control

stealing hangers

stop-the-line culture

     and scientific method

     andon

     definition

     safety considerations

stories

     dividing work into

     iterative development

     no partial credit

story tests [See also acceptance tests.]

story-test driven development

strangling legacy code

stress (Mura)

stress avoidance

Strong Project Leader

suggestion systems

supervisors [See people, managing.]

suppliers, choosing 2nd

supply chain, lean

sustain (shitsuke)

Sutcliffe, Kathleen M.

Sutherland, Jeff 2nd

synchronization, nested

synergy 2nd

System of Profound Knowledge

system stability and queuing theory

system variation

systematic learning

systematize (seiton)

systems design stage