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May 25, 2008

Toyota Way, Lean Software Development… and Buddhism

Filed under: keep it simple, lean software development — Eric Lefevre-Ardant @ 10:19 pm

In preparation to our holiday trip in Indonesia planned for August, I’ve taken to read stories and legends about Hinduism and Buddhism (though a Muslim country for 90% of the population, Indonesia is the host of Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in the world). The legends I’ve been reading contain striking similarities between Buddhism and the Toyota Way, which I have also recently read about. Indeed, those similarities are striking.
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May 12, 2008

A few words on Test-Driven Development

Filed under: tdd, test, valtech — Eric Lefevre-Ardant @ 10:27 pm

Cédric Dhénin from TV4IT has an interview of me talking about TDD (in French). (more…)

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