The most WIP limit resistance award goes to…

developers! (In my experience, at least.)

Most people think that it would be managers or other people putting pressure on developers that would prevent WIP (work-in-process) limits from being implemented. However, in my experience managing three teams, each time it is the developers themselves that resist WIP limits. Now, this sample is not huge, but I definitely see a trend. There could be many causes to this, including outside pressure, but I am seeing a lot of desire to work on the new shiny idea above all else. Continue reading

Doing more without getting more

I work for a corporate IT department as a development manager. We are a company that grew fast, kept up with some things and are seriously behind on others and, of course, have way more requested of us than even 2 departments of our size could complete. No one can endlessly hire new people so what do we do?

Well, if I had the magic bullet answer, this would be a book instead of a blog post and my house would be a nice mansion with a water view instead of a rental house 🙂 However, I think there are a set of concepts we need to bring into departments like mine.

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