In this short presentation, I explore the relationship between Kaizen (lean) manufacturing and Agile Software Development to arrive at an easy to consume description of Dev/Ops

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Development / Operations
the application of kaizen methodologies and
principles to agile software development

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Agile software development : A group of software development methods in which
solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing,cross-functional
teams. It promotes adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery,
continuous improvement, and encourages rapid and flexible response to change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
Iterative, incremental and evolutionary
Efficient and face-to-face communication
Very short feedback loop and adaptation cycle
Quality focus
Goals and Characteristics:

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Kaizen : A Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement and the
involvement of all employees in the manufacturing process. Kaizen focuses on
delivering high quality products with as little waste as possible.

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Iterative, incremental and evolutionary
Efficient and face-to-face communication
Very short feedback loop and adaptation cycle
Quality focus
continuous improvement and the
involvement of all employees in the
development process.
Dev/Ops focuses on delivering high
quality software with as little waste as
possible.
Dev / Ops

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Muda (無駄)
An activity that does not add value
Mura (斑)
unevenness; irregularity; lack of uniformity; nonuniformity;
inequality
Muri (無理)
overburden, unreasonableness or absurdity
Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ)
Automated Error prevention
Dev/Ops
The Elimination of Waste and Errors (via automation)

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DEV
QA
UAT
OPERATIONS
Many Organizations
Write and test software
Deploy/Maintain
Software

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Dev / Ops Organizations
DEV
QA
UAT
OPERATIONS
Full involvement in the software development, deployment and
maintenance lifecycle
More deployments
fewer outages
faster response to the
business
less down time
Higher Quality & Less
Waste!