Author: John Yorke

I am a Director, Software Engineering for Mastercard. supporting teams of software developers collaborating to deliver critical products and solutions in an always-on domain. I am also a former Agile Coach, coaching teams in developing an Agile, Lean and Theory of Constraints mindset. I am a regular speaker at conferences on related topics and am the designer of a Kanban based board game - "Motor City" I have 25 years experience in software development, working on projects in both the UK and the USA

The financial cost of delay

On September 19, 2019 By John YorkeIn Financial, Management, Theory of ConstraintsLeave a comment

Your business could be using millions because you are not paying attention to the opportunity cost of delaying product deliveries.

Explaining Herbie (from ‘The Goal’)

On September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 By John YorkeIn Agile, Lean, Theory of ConstraintsLeave a comment

Explaining the concepts of Herbie from the book "The Goal" in a more accessible way. Layman's guide to the 5 focusing steps.

Part 2: Unbalanced systems – Bottlenecks

On September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 By John YorkeIn Agile, Lean, Theory of ConstraintsLeave a comment

What impact does a bottleneck have on flow and the effectiveness of a team? What can you do to mitigate this? Where would improvements have the most impact?