5S is for Programming Too

Well, I certainly meant to post up here before now - but as usual things get hectic. I've been busy heading a 5S team for our Training Room at the plant. It's been quite a journey updating the tech as well as the aesthetics of the room. If you have never heard of 5S though, check out this
link.

I'm starting to get a real good feeling about applying a similar technique to my programming with the various programs that I am working on. It would make sense, not only in the event that I am no longer the only person working on these projects, but will also make it easier for me to go back and work on the code and make any necessary changes. In a way, it is how other programmers define their methodologies as "style" but taking it even further by standardizing the standard(s) itself by looking at the standard from a Lean view - removal of any and all waste.

So starting tomorrow I will begin my initiative of going Lean with my programming. One way in which I will be doing that is through learning Javascript and along side it, AJAX methodologies. I'll try to keep the blog posted more as I progress further in this endeavor.