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Poka-Yoke and Better Software

Poka-Yoke looks like it's another application of a Japanese manufacturing technique to software development
By Nigel Cheshire
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May 11, 2007 11:15 AM EDT
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Gojko Adzic has a great post today on the application of the “Poka-Yoke” principle to software development. I’d bever heard of Poka-Yoke before, but it looks like it's another application of a Japanese manufacturing technique to software development. Personally, I think you have to be careful about these analogies, but this one works, in my opinion.

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Nigel Cheshire is CEO of Enerjy Software, a division of Teamstudio Inc. He oversees product strategy and has been driving the company's growth since he founded it in 1996. Prior to founding Teamstudio, Inc., Nigel was co-founder and principal of Ives & Company, a CRM solutions consultancy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Teesside, England.

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Java News 05/10/07 10:34:09 PM EDT

Gojko Adzic has a great post today on the application of the 'Poka-Yoke' principle to software development. I'd bever heard of Poka-Yoke before, but it looks like it's another application of a Japanese manufacturing technique to software development. Personally, I think you have to be careful about these analogies, but this one works, in my opinion.