Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.🧠 The Agile Manifesto📘The Art of Agile Development by James Shore📘The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam shows how the phrase, "as measured by", encourages empirical and scientific thinking.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Measure what Matters by John Doerr ☕️ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals☕️ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge☕️ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam describes the aims of this podcast and what listeners can expect. Here's the best way to start down the path:1. Envision the ideal: Small Batches #832. Study the origin: Small Batches #843. Build a mental model of the software delivery value stream: Small Batches #734. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily software delivery education5. Create a self-study plan: Small Batches #716. Supplement with my catalog of episodes7. Go to the gemba and start iterating 💪🏼Want even more? Try these 101 episodes:Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101Small Batches #73 - Software Delivery 101 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam presents the four golden signals for steering production operations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:📘 Release It! Design & Deploy production-ready Software📘 Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems☕️ Small Batches #26 - Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo☕️ Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101🧠 The USE Metrics Framework🧠 Monitoring Distributed Systems ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving.Show notes🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence📘 Understanding A3 Thinking📘 Toyota Kata📘 Lean Product & Process Development☕️ Small Batches #77 - Managing to Learn☕️ Small Batches #62 - Four Types of Problems ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam introduces the idea of "flow" beginning with the Theory of Constraints and ending with value stream networks.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:📘 The Goal 📘 Making Work Visible📘 Principles of Product Development Flow📘 Goldratt's Rule of Flow📘 Value Stream Mapping📘 Project to Product (introducing the Flow Framework)☕️ Small Batches #42 - Kanban & Jidoka ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Learn MoreNEW! The Small Batches Slack AppToyota Kata Pocket GuideSmall Batches #71: Recommended ReadingSmall Batches #84: DemingThe Flow Collective ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam connects Deming's trips to Japan in 1950 with modern software delivery. This is an essential episode.Deming on Small Batches:☕️ Small Batches #100: Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis☕️ Small Batches #67: The Red Beads (Deming's experiment to introduce SPok)☕️ Small Batches #49: Variation☕️ Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis☕️ Small Batches #51: System of Profound Knowledge with John Willis☕️ Small Batches #52: Understanding Variation with John WillisDown the Deming Rabbit Hole:If Japan Can, why can't we? (Video), NBC Special Report, 1980"Deming to DevOps" presentation by John WillisDeming's Speech in Hakone to industry leaders in Japan, 1950Deming's Visualization of Japan as a System from 1950The Deming Institute📘 Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge📘 The New Economics📘 The Essential Deming📘 Out of the Crisis🎙️The Profound Podcast ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Adam shares an end-of-year reflection on pursuing the lean ideal. This is the last episode of 2022. Small Batches will return in 2023. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★