Patterns
Kanban Column WIP Limits: Good or Bad?
Improvement by happenstance is better than no improvement at all. If used at all, they can serve as training wheels; then they should be taken off once the organization has found the balance and is ready to speed up!
Mike Burrows on TameFlow
Pay attention to the quality of interactions, the flow of information and the overall level of connectedness.
What is the Meaning of ‘Pattern’
TameFlow is based on organizational design patterns; but what is the meaning of “pattern?”
Here’s a possible explanation.
Patron, which derives from the Latin Pater, the French Patern and the English… Pattern […] Naturally, the meaning is something that is to be considered for imitation; an archetype to be copied; an example or model deserving imitation; or and example or model of particular excellence.
So an organizational design pattern, is a way of designing an organization that can be considered a model of excellence, to be copied and emulated.
Software Hyper-productivity and Function Points
While Function Points are a weak tool for estimating project, they do present this apparently interesting use case: after the fact assessments with Function Points give us a crude way to compare different projects.