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P&L (profit and loss) model
page rank system, Google
Page, Larry
pairing
Pareto analysis
partially done work
partners [See also teams.]
     committers
     contracts
         BAA airport management 2nd
         Norwegian Computer Society
         NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
         PS 2000
         purpose of
         relational
         T5 Agreement
     Deming point 12
     eliminating barriers
     equality of
     examples
         3M
         Boeing 787 Dreamliner
         Linux security breach 2nd
         Open Source software
         Procter & Gamble
     exchanging tests
     frequent integration
     global networks
     global teams
     global work groups
     joint ventures
     leaders
     Oobeya
     outsourcing
         basic principles
         BMI call center
         Boeing
         development
         infrastructure
         introduction
         Procter & Gamble
         Toyota
         transactions
     proxies
     rotating people
     synergy
     traveling team leaders
     war room
PatientKeeper
     cycle time
     delivery speed
     development teams
     introduction of Scrum
     limiting complexity
     limiting work to capacity
     product managers
     release schedules
PBS documentary
PDCA (plan, do, check, act) 2nd
people, managing
     andon
     Boeing 777 project 2nd
     causes of low quality and productivity
     centering on people
     choosing suppliers
     compensation
         alternatives to money
         annual raises
         balanced scorecards
         bonuses 2nd
         promotion systems
         reward basis
         span of influence versus span of control
     dashboards 2nd
     Deming Cycle
     Deming on
     dependence on inspection
     fear
     incentives
         individual performance
         performance evaluations
         rankings
     inherent system variation
     interdepartmental barriers
     job grades
     junior people 2nd
     kanban 2nd
     leadership
     numerical quotas
     ordinary employees 2nd
     organizing work
     PBS documentary
     PDCA (plan, do, check, act) 2nd
     pride of workmanship
     projects versus products
     psychology
     rotating assignments
     scientific method
     self-directing work
     sharing early and often
     slogans, exhortations, and targets
     stop-the-line culture
     synergy
     System of Profound Knowledge
     testing early, failing fast
     theory of knowledge
     training 2nd 3rd
     trust
     under the bell curve
     visible signals
     visual workspace
     wall charts
     why programs fail
     Working Together program
performance evaluations as incentives
personnel [See partners ; people, managing ; teams.]
PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
Pfeffer, Jeffrey
pilot stage
plan, do, check, act (PDCA) 2nd
plan-driven methods
planning
     as commitment
     iterative development
     Taiichi Ohno on
pluggable interfaces example
Polaris program
policies [See practices ; principles.]
Post-it Notes
practices [See also principles.]
     definition
     for successful software development
predictable outcomes
Price, Jerry
pricing structure, complexity example
pride of workmanship
principles [See also principles.]
     continuous improvement
     definition
     Google
         democracy principle
         excellence principle
         product development principles
         speed principle
         value principle
    lean software development [See seven principles.]
     learn-by-doing
     of outsourcing
     software development
     understand-before-doing
prioritizing features
Prius
problem solving
     analyzing the situation
     defining the problem 2nd
     disciplined approach
     experimentation
     first rule
     follow up
     hypothesis generation
     introduction
     Kaizen (change for the better) events
     large group improvement
     scientific method 2nd
     standardization
     verifying results
process cycle efficiency 2nd 3rd
process leadership
processes
     availability
     average time, calculating
     capable
     minimizing elements
     minimizing size
     quality measurement
     robust
     too big
     too many things
Procter & Gamble 2nd 3rd
Product Development for the Lean Enterprise
Product Development Performance 2nd
product development, lean
product managers
product owners
production
productivity
products
     concept stage
    development [See software development ; Toyota Product Development System ; Toyota Production System.]
     specifications
         basis for acceptance tests
         waste reduction
     versus projects
profit and loss (P&L) model
profit, definition
profitability 2nd 3rd
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
programmer tests [See unit tests.]
programmers [See partners ; people, managing ; teams.]
project managers 2nd 3rd 4th [See also management.]
projects
     average process time, calculating
     average speed
     cycle time
     dividing work into stories
     expediting
     measuring
     PatientKeeper delivery cycle
     process availability
     process capability
     red flags
     setting upper limits
     setting upper size limits
     time delays
     versus products
promotion systems as incentives
property tests
Proulx, Tom
proxies
PS 2000 contract
psychology
pull scheduling, example
pull systems 2nd
push systems