Re: Back to one's roots

Hi Bill,

> So to summarize, we have:
> - the same simple business case for adaptability in manufacturing
>   and software
> - very different perceptions of the need in those two aspects of
>   business
> - very different focus in R&D supporting agility in those two
>   aspects of business
> 
> What's driving the split?

I think the clue is in your definitions:

> "Leanness is optimality in those aspects of the business process you 
> can control; agility is being optimally capable of handling what you 
> can't control." [my consolidation of many authors]

Manufacturers admit there are aspects of the business process they
can't control.  Many software managers and executives aren't (yet)
willing to admit that.

Dale (part time left-field management consulting sort)



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