Monthly Archives: May 2012

Luna USA Field Trip: Kanban ice-cream – the case for limited whip?

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

In the delightful Hayes Valley in San Francisco, you will find a myriad of little design shops, clothing stores and cafes. Cheek by jowl 3 storey houses line the streets, and with lovely parks and a 20 minute walk to … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field Trip: what happened to Apollo 1 to 10, a lesson in iterative development

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Most people can tell you which Apollo mission landed on the moon. Apollo 11 – July 20, 1969. So what happened to Apollo 1 through 10? Apollo was the follow on to a program called Gemini, and lasted through the … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field Trip: the lunar lander – minimum viable product

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

We’ve already referred to the Lunar landing Module (LM in NASA parlance) as the greatest machine ever built. The chance to see a replica in Washington DC was very exciting. So imagine my amazement to discover that the machine is … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field trip: more skunkworks reflections

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

The 14 rules of the Skunkworks, written by Kelly Johnson of Lockheed Martin in the 1940s are are clear antecedents of the 2001 Agile Manifesto, and the Agile Principles behind the manifesto. James talks about Skunkworks in our YOW! presentation, … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field Trip: Wright Brothers – less money, less resources, more innovative

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Simon Sinek has a great talk on the rivalry at play in the early part of the 20th century to successfully fly a heavier than air, powered aircraft. It is an important tale for agilists, as the small budget and … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field Trip: Space Shuttle – a monumental engineering achievement

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

In our YOW! 2011 talk we discussed the space shuttle era that began in the late 1970s – an era of USA and Soviet rivalry based foolishly on strategic parity (‘our goal is just to have what they have’). Horrifically, … Continue reading →

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Luna USA Field Trip: SR-71 in person – an era, a plane, a team

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

For the last month I (ND) have been in the USA, on a trip anchored around the LSSC12 conference in Boston, presenting on the kanban dimensions of Lonely Planet’s lawyers in Melbourne. A secondary purpose of the trip was to … Continue reading →

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How big are our Space Ships ?

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Nigel is traveling in the US presently taunting me with images of him standing with SR71s, a Shuttle, Command module and Soyuz vehicle etc, and with a recent lack of space related posts I give you  Invader Xan’s graphic with … Continue reading →

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The Biological Basis for Visual Management.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

How do we see ? A lens in our eye focuses light onto our retina, our retina send signals to our brain, and our brain spends a huge percentage of its capacity, by far the largest of any brain function, … Continue reading →

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Luna News: Team Update

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

At the beginning of June 2012, the Luna Tractor network will farewell Nigel Dalton as a consultant, to take on the role of Chief Information Officer at REA-Group. As one of the founders of Luna Tractor, Nigel will continue to … Continue reading →

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