Executive Update

Synthesis of Lean, Mindful, and Agile with the Theory of Constraints

Posted October 31, 2006 | Leadership |

A May 2006 article in APICS magazine describes the search by a California-based global electronics manufacturer for the best approach to continuous improvement.1 The company found that the right combination of the Theory of Constraints (TOC),2 Lean, and Six Sigma3 led to the most effective long-term results (see sidebar "In Search of the Best Approach").

About The Author
Christoph Steindl
Christoph Steindl worked for IBM as an IT architect and method expert from 1995 to 2005, served as a member of the core team of the community Agile at IBM, was a member of the Technical Experts Council, and led teams to practice Agile techniques. He is educated in Scrum, TOC, and NLP. He has years of practice with Agile, Lean, and TOC. He regularly tries to crystallize the essence of new approaches, applies their relevant parts to the real world… Read More
Christian Federspiel
Christian Federspiel worked for Siemens VAI in the field of industrial automation from 1990 to 2006. He did worked on R&D and commissioning of large software applications. He led an Agile software development team for five years. He is now with Cataylsts and does consulting and project work in various areas of software development (e.g., requirements engineering, use cases, Agile software development, test-driven development, Agile modeling/… Read More
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