From the course: Implementing Continuous Improvement: A Case Study
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The kickoff
From the course: Implementing Continuous Improvement: A Case Study
The kickoff
(air whooshing) (indistinct chatter) (laughing) - All right you guys. (indistinct chatter) 8569, if Elena imports an FCS file to (mumbles). - So, Rich What's going on here? - Yeah, so. What you've seen in our process run is we do planning once a week with our customers. We have this structured five day cycle that we go through. And planning occurs then work authorization. And at the beginning of every five days cycle, especially for large projects like we have here, the entire team that's sitting here is working on the same project. - These are your programmers here, right? - Programmers, QA, project management. - So everyone? Really. - Yeah. - We don't have any-- - High Tech Anthropologists? - The high tech anthropologists are not at this particular meeting today, although they often are. Just for whatever reason, they're not needed for this particular session today. - Okay. - And what they do is,…
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About Menlo Innovations2m 33s
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Meet Richard Sheridan2m 32s
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The history of Menlo9m 34s
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Software project planning17m 38s
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Work authorization board9m 4s
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The kickoff8m 42s
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Measuring work10m 24s
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Morning stand-up meeting4m 10s
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More on Rich8m 41s
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Two-person teams9m 56s
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Culture11m 48s
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Open book finance board6m 8s
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Babies and dogs6m 10s
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High-tech anthropology3m 29s
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High-tech anthropology examples10m 10s
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Thomas and Whitney6m 37s
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Share the joy4m 25s
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