program selection system

I will present examples of process improvement (Kaizen) in factories in Japan, demonstrate how the Toyota Production System (TPS) constantly improves the way things are done to meet changing customer needs, involving wokrplace(Gemaba) people. After presentation of key TPS concepts, small groups will explore commonalities between Agile and TPS by developing Mind Maps, and then exchange the results. Note that this is a re-run of the same program at Agile2007, presented by Mary Poppendieck and Kenji Hiranabe(me). This time, the content is shortened, focusing on the best stories.