LEAN & MINDFULNESSA MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN OR HELL?

FOR LEAN NIGHTS 2016 BY FEDERICO ANDINO

ABOUT THE SPEAKER• Residen teacher for the

Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in Argentina

• Agile & Lean LATAM champion@IBM

• Researcher and professor @Universidad del Salvador with a focus on meditation-related fields

Federico Andino

Mail:Federico.andino@usal.edu.arTwitter: @jnanavajraBlog: budaenlayerba.Tumblr.com

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO?

• TO UNDERSTAND IF MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AND LEAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CAN INFORM AND ENRICH EACH OTHER

MINDFULNESS PRINCIPLES

*Based on Mahasattipatana Sutta by U.Dhammida and U.Jotika (2001)

LEAN PRINCIPLES

*Based on Lean Software Development – An Agile Toolkit by Mary & Tom Poppendieck (2003)

1:ELIMINATE WASTEFor Meditation:•Vow-taking•Value-stream-mapping•Cut the fat

For Development:•Mindfulness of the Process•Mindfulness of the mental texture

2:AMPLIFY LEARNINGFor Meditation:•Open Minded•Try new techniques•Short cycles for new ideas

For Development:•Using art as a resource for mental energy•Aesthetic development•Code-as-product

3:DECIDE AS LATE AS POSSIBLEFor Meditation:•Uncertainity is the enemy•Try to hold doubts•Be adaptive•Have feedback points

For Development:•Establish patterns of ritual actions to defer decisions•Idenfity key tensions

4:DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLEFor Meditation:•Practice is product•Be able to have quick feedback•Different techs for same results

For Development:•Feedback mapped into value-stream•Toyota’s Set-based design thingking

5:EMPOWER (&CREATE) THE TEAMFor Meditation:•Need to have partners•Value is tied to feedback•Implement mutual programs

For Development:•Right speech•Ritualised interactions•Timeboxed meetings

6: BUILD INTEGRITY INFor Meditation:•Work for an overall experience•Select tech & frameworks for compatibility

For Development:•Refactor towards a seamless experience•Have a broad architecture in place

7: SEE THE WHOLEFor Meditation:•Have an end result•Create and update a functional conceptual framework for techniques

For Development:•Have a clear, strategic, high level vision•Find identity as carved wood

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