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Lean is about copying what works and stripping out what isn't unhelpful. That's it. Who could possibly disagree with doing that? We're all lean now!
by rbarooah 16y ago
Lean is about copying what works and stripping out what isn't unhelpful. That's it.
Who could possibly disagree with doing that? We're all lean now!
- mechanical_fish 16y agoLike dieting, more people will say they agree with this than will actually do it. How do people fail? There are many ways; here are two: They use the wrong definition for "what works". "What works for me", "what works for the management team", "what works in the lab", "what works in theory", "what works for the people who don't pay", and "what works for my highly-recommended and talented designer" are not necessarily the same thing as "what works". They don't "strip out". They talk a good game about focus, but when push comes to shove they don't really throw away anything. It's hard to throw away a feature that you've worked three whole hours on. It'll come in handy someday. Somebody will use it. If we deprecate it, it will annoy all three people in its installed base and they will Tweet nasty words. It's already built; how much can it cost to maintain it in our spare time? It's profitable -- one penny per user per year, but we'll make it up in volume. We'll look stupid if we don't have it. We're expanding, and the new hires will help us maintain it. It's a loss leader. The VCs really loved its demo. Techcrunch is wild about it. Your mom smiles when she sees it. It helps kittens and puppies; think of the puppies.
- rbarooah 16y agoAgreed. So how does a new label fix that?
- billmcneale 16y ago> Like dieting, more people will say they agree with this than will actually do it. "It works! If it doesn't work for you, it's because you're doing it wrong!" Now... where have I heard this before? Oh right, Agile.