Re: Re: SIP is not Takt Time

At 04:30 PM 2/9/03, Bill Wake wrote:

>(I don't think we need new terms for most of this stuff, let's just
>use an existing set where we can.)

Good thinking, but might it be wise to model software's production 
terminology in analogy to a product whose production plan more resembles 
software's. A high volume assembly line, lean or otherwise, seems to me to 
have little resemblance to producing software.

Creating a movie, or a play, would seem to form a truer analogy. A design 
plan and budget essential to building small buildings makes that trade a 
lot closer than high production items as well. Using analogy as a source of 
terminology is a good idea, but picking a likely analogy seems just as 
important.

Dan