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Gristmill Analytics offers a wide array of free resources to help you
on your LEAN journey. We believe the best way for you to achieve success is to have the tools and
understanding at your fingertips and to truly believe that better results can be achieved before you
ever invite us in the door.
We're in the process of building out our resource library for your use. Check
back for more materials all the time.
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| Resources |
| The Basics of a LEAN Process covers two essential elements
to achieving a leaner development process and lays out a series of points which will help you
evaluate whether you are headed in the right direction. |
| Applying Known Practices takes a look at some of the
best known existing practices based on industry research that you can take advantage of now.
Their broad applicability means being able to trust they'll work as well for you as they
have elsewhere in the world. You needn't rediscover these ideas on your own. |
| Applying 5s to software will help you keep a clean, effective
workspace in the two important areas in software. |
| Conducting a Root Cause Review walks you through a process
that can help you discover your true issues, even in a less-than-ready-to-change environment. |
| Defining a Measurement System is an introduction to
QCDS, a LEAN philosophy about measurement on your factory floor. It's as relevant to software
as it is to manufacturing. |
| Recommended Reading includes books on both LEAN and software
development practices. We make no money from recommending any of these works and are
providing links simply for your convenience. |
| Unit Testing is a well understood activity to improve
quality coming into formal test. Contrary to popular belief, unit testing is NOT integration
testing done by the developer. It is specifically looking for a different type of defect - one
that traditional functional testing doesn't do well at catching. However, rather than provide
you theory on unit testing, this document provides a practical C/C++ based example of how to
actually implement unit test functions to handle some of the common barriers you will encounter. |
| Case Studies |
| A large retailer needs to move from an ad hoc
development process to a more mature state. This is how we got them there. |
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