Jinn of Quality and Risk (2003-Feb-17)

Jinn?

According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes. or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.

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~~Find a new job, now. Move home, this month.~~ Finish my book, asap. Read, more. Sleep, less. ~~Travel, v.soon.~~

Bio?

Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2003-Feb-17

No escape from Ken Burns

Ken Barzeski: iMovie 3 breaks even more [...] Human Interface Guidelines than I care to enumerate. I'll pick on just one...

Schizophrenic controls

Matt Gemmell: It's staggering, even to someone who has spent a fair bit of time critiquing Apple's recent UI designs, just how much inconsistency can be found in the current shipping version of the OS.

The virtue of consistency

John Gruber: the hallmark advantages of the Macintosh are consistency and intuitive UI design. These factors are very different from the conventional wisdom of the PC industry in general, which holds that the Mac's advantage is in being visually appealing and "easy to use" for dummies and artists...

Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen?

Terence Burton: wrong question. These concepts are nothing more than tools in your management toolbox. You don't fix a watch with a hammer, and you get the same results when you deploy Six Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen incorrectly. The fact is, a business problem is a business problem, and it needs to be fixed. Understanding the application of these tools to various improvement opportunities is the key to success. Identify the problem, then select the appropriate solution.

What is Kaizen?

Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly, continuous improvement. The Kaizen business strategy involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements 'without large capital investments'.

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