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Don Reinertsen mentioned it. At least in a talk, and maybe in his book "The Principles of Product Development Flow". That's only 1 example, but in my personal
by calibraxis 10y ago
Don Reinertsen mentioned it. At least in a talk, and maybe in his book "The Principles of Product Development Flow".
That's only 1 example, but in my personal estimation he's one of the two most effective management theorists I know. Though I wish he were a better explainer. (The other of course is Shanley Kane.)
- calibraxis 10y agoOh, also Joel Spolsky mentions it too: (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000022.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000022.html) (But it's not worthwhile for me to trawl through the managerial lit, so no doubt there's more examples.)
- tonyarkles 10y agoThank you. I couldn't remember the name of the book or the author. There's a lot of queuing theory in the book, along with the mathematical conclusions (eg 100% utilization = arbitrarily long queue times). Fantastic book, I think I'm going to have to make sure it's on the kindle for some upcoming flights.
- rmaccloy 10y agoIf you're an engineer and have trouble getting past project management methodologies that feel like bullshit (or conversely if you care a lot about them but have trouble convincing your team to) you must read "Principles of Product Development Flow". It's definitely a pretty dry read in parts, but battle through it.