Extra Features: One of the Lean 7 Wastes of Software
Derik Whittaker recently blogged about how writing unused code is one of the Lean 7 Wastes of Software. Mary Poppendieck calls this “Extra Features” and has a one-to-one association to overproduction in manufacturing. In Manufacturing it has different caveats: if you overproduce something you have to have somewhere to store it until its sold. What do you do when you don’t have the space to store it? If you have the space, it’s not too much of an issue; you just tuck it away; but you still need people to move it, manage the space, manage the responsibilities around moving/storage, … Continue reading Extra Features: One of the Lean 7 Wastes of Software