Learning lean/Agile concepts / short videos

 

🆕 Updated on June 24, 2025 — Added a new section on Systems Thinking and Quality with the classic Red Bead Experiment by W. Edwards Deming.

Yesterday, my colleague Cristina Verdi asked for interesting resources to help introduce Lean Software / Product Development concepts.

I passed her a series of short videos that I always use to illustrate certain related concepts. I'm posting them here in case they can help someone.

Resource Efficiency vs Flow Efficiency:

• The Efficiency Paradox  (18m) by Niklas Modig
• The resource utilization trap (5m) by Henrik Kniberg

WIP Limits:

• Multiple WIP vs One Piece Flow Example (7m) by Henrik Kniberg

General Processes / Team Work:

• Creating Value and Flow in Product Development (7m) by John Cutler
• Stop starting and start finishing (5m) by Jason Yip
• Making Work Visible: How to Unmask Capacity Killing WIP (29m) by Dominica DeGrandis

Systems Thinking and Quality:

• The Red Bead Experiment (14m) by W. Edwards Deming — A powerful demonstration that performance and quality depend on the system, not individual effort. A reminder that systemic issues require systemic fixes.