Seiri-Seiton-Seiso-Seiketsu-Shutsuke ~ Don't Call Us - We'll Call You

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Seiri-Seiton-Seiso-Seiketsu-Shutsuke

The S5 principles from japanese car industry in the 50s are interesting for software development:

Seiri: Organization; Know where things are, use proper naming
Seiton: Systematization; Put things where you expect to find them
Seiso: Cleanliness; the absense of dirt
Seiketsu: Standardization; Define rules and policies;
Shutsuke: Discipline, in the japanese way

We have a lot to learn from the car industry. A car can't have errors. Neither should our programs So let's pretent we're building cars!

1 comment:

  1. please send me more information on s5 (the japanese theory

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