Lean Enterprise by Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface

Why Did We Write This Book? Who Should Read This Book? Conspectus Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

I. Orient

1. Introduction

A Lean Enterprise Is Primarily a Human System Mission Command: An Alternative to Command and Control Create Alignment at Scale Following the Principle of Mission Your People Are Your Competitive Advantage

2. Manage the Dynamics of the Enterprise Portfolio

Exploring New Ideas Exploiting Validated Business Models Balancing the Enterprise Portfolio Conclusion

II. Explore

3. Model and Measure Investment Risk

Model Investment Risk Applying the Scientific Method to Product Development Principles for Exploration Conclusion

4. Explore Uncertainty to Detect Opportunities

Discovery

Creating a Shared Understanding Structured Exploration of Uncertainty

What Business Are We In?

Understanding Our Business Problem to Inform Our Business Plan Understanding Our Customers and Users Turning Insights and Data into Unfair Advantage Using Insight to Inform Hypotheses and Experiments

Accelerate Experimentation with MVPs

How Do Our Vision and MVP Work Together? The One Metric That Matters

Conclusion

5. Evaluate the Product/Market Fit

Innovation Accounting Do Things That Don’t Scale

Customer Intimacy Build a Runway of Questions, Not Requirements Engineering Practices for Exploring

Engines of Growth Transitioning Between Horizons to Grow and Transform Conclusion

III. Exploit

6. Deploy Continuous Improvement

The HP LaserJet Firmware Case Study Drive Down Costs Through Continuous Process Innovation Using the Improvement Kata

Understand the Direction Planning: Grasp the Current Condition and Establish a Target Condition Getting to the Target Condition How the Improvement Kata Differs from Other Methodologies

How the HP LaserJet Team Implemented the Improvement Kata Managing Demand Creating an Agile Enterprise Conclusion

7. Identify Value and Increase Flow

The Maersk Case Study Increase Flow

Map Your Product Development Value Streams Limit Work in Process

Cost of Delay: A Framework for Decentralizing Economic Decisions Conclusion

8. Adopt Lean Engineering Practices

The Fundamentals of Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration and Test Automation The Deployment Pipeline Decouple Deployment and Release Conclusion

9. Take an Experimental Approach to Product Development

Using Impact Mapping to Create Hypotheses for the Next Iteration Performing User Research Online Controlled Experiments An A/B Test Example Prerequisites for an Experimental Approach to Product Development Conclusion

10. Implement Mission Command

Amazon’s Approach to Growth Create Velocity at Scale Through Mission Command Evolving Your Architecture Using the Strangler Application Pattern Conclusion

IV. Transform

11. Grow an Innovation Culture

Model and Measure Your Culture Change Your Culture

Make It Safe to Fail

There Is No Talent Shortage

Growing Talent Eliminate Hidden Bias

Conclusion

12. Embrace Lean Thinking for Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Understanding Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Take an Evolutionary Approach to Risk Management

Apply Lean Principles to GRC Processes

Define the Value of GRC Processes from the Customer Perspective

Map the Value Stream, Create Flow, and Establish a Pull System

The Wrong Control Interrupts Flow

Conclusion

13. Evolve Financial Management to Drive Product Innovation

Introduction Dancing to the Beat of the Financial Drum Slows Innovation Liberating Ourselves from the Annual Budget Cycle

Stop Conflating Good Financial Management with “The Budget” Disassociate Funding Decisions from the Annual Fiscal Cycle Explore Activity-Based Accounting Principles

Avoid Using Budgets as the Basis for Performance Measurement Stop Basing Business Decisions on Capital Versus Operational Expense Modify Your IT Procurement Processes to Gain Greater Control over Value Delivery Conclusion

14. Turn IT into a Competitive Advantage

Rethinking the IT Mindset Freedom and Responsibility Creating and Evolving Platforms

Preparing for Disasters

Managing Existing Systems Conclusion

15. Start Where You Are

Principles of Organizational Change

Aim Towards Strategy Deployment

The UK Government Digital Service Begin Your Journey Conclusion

Bibliography Index

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