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=Team Wikispeed= | =Team Wikispeed= | ||
Wikispeed is a team of volunteers that formed around the | Wikispeed is a team of volunteers that formed around the work of [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=4583874&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=y3gN&locale=en_US&srchid=f5fc9cc6-0258-4503-b0b3-92382aac28b1-0&srchindex=1&srchtotal=1&goback=%2Efps_PBCK_joe+justice+wikispeed_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_*1_*51_*1_*51_true_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&pvs=ps&trk=pp_profile_name_link Joe Justice] as he competed in the [http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/teams/wikispeed Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize]. His greatest innovation was applying [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development) lean/agile/SCRUM] software program management to hardware, specifically the iterative design of a 100+ mpg passenger vehicle. | ||
The dramatic success of Team Wikispeed's activities pretty much demands listening to what Joe has to say. | |||
==TED talk:== | |||
<html><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed//MkmyKmQppq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html> | |||
===General=== | |||
* First functional prototype built in 3 months. | |||
* Existing manufacturing processes are slow to change because they're exceptionally expensive to change. | |||
** Major manufacturers typically operate on 10-25 year design cycles. | |||
* Wikispeed uses 7-day design cycles. | |||
* Iterated a process that brought the cost/time of a full structural carbon fiber car body down from $36,000/3 months to $800/3 days. | |||
* Went from 1 guy in his garage to 100+ volunteers, in 8 countries, and a production-ready car in 6 months. | |||
===Specific=== | |||
* Modularity. | |||
** Every system in the car can be separated from every other system as quickly and easily as changing a tire. | |||
* Test-based. | |||
** The customer-value standard, and the test for it, is designed BEFORE the solution is designed. | |||
* Use less stuff. | |||
** The parts for the frame of the car can be built with stock 4" aluminum tube, an $80 band saw, and a used-kit-built CNC milling machine. | |||
** Reduce costs in tooling, machinery and complexity wherever possible. This allows for improvements to be incorporated into the design immediately because there are so few sunk costs. | |||
* Distributed, collaborative teams. | |||
** Use free online tools. | |||
* Morale for velocity. | |||
** It's not additive or subtractive, it's a multiplier. | |||
* Work in pairs. | |||
** Put a newbie with a pro and the newbie learns AS the job gets done. This eliminates time devoted to training. The pro gets help, the newbie gets hands-on experience. | |||
** Also eliminates the need for most types of documentation. | |||
* Visualize workflow to eliminate any time spent not creatively solving problems. | |||
Revision as of 06:12, 5 February 2012
This page is for specific lessons that have been learned in one area that can be applied to other areas. If it's a lesson learned that only applies to the area it was learned in, then it's better to document it in that specific area.
Team Wikispeed
Wikispeed is a team of volunteers that formed around the work of Joe Justice as he competed in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize. His greatest innovation was applying lean/agile/SCRUM software program management to hardware, specifically the iterative design of a 100+ mpg passenger vehicle.
The dramatic success of Team Wikispeed's activities pretty much demands listening to what Joe has to say.
TED talk:
General
- First functional prototype built in 3 months.
- Existing manufacturing processes are slow to change because they're exceptionally expensive to change.
- Major manufacturers typically operate on 10-25 year design cycles.
- Wikispeed uses 7-day design cycles.
- Iterated a process that brought the cost/time of a full structural carbon fiber car body down from $36,000/3 months to $800/3 days.
- Went from 1 guy in his garage to 100+ volunteers, in 8 countries, and a production-ready car in 6 months.
Specific
- Modularity.
- Every system in the car can be separated from every other system as quickly and easily as changing a tire.
- Test-based.
- The customer-value standard, and the test for it, is designed BEFORE the solution is designed.
- Use less stuff.
- The parts for the frame of the car can be built with stock 4" aluminum tube, an $80 band saw, and a used-kit-built CNC milling machine.
- Reduce costs in tooling, machinery and complexity wherever possible. This allows for improvements to be incorporated into the design immediately because there are so few sunk costs.
- Distributed, collaborative teams.
- Use free online tools.
- Morale for velocity.
- It's not additive or subtractive, it's a multiplier.
- Work in pairs.
- Put a newbie with a pro and the newbie learns AS the job gets done. This eliminates time devoted to training. The pro gets help, the newbie gets hands-on experience.
- Also eliminates the need for most types of documentation.
- Visualize workflow to eliminate any time spent not creatively solving problems.