Lean & Lego - Building the Millennium Falcon Redux

Explore lean product development techniques through the lens of building a massive Lego Millennium Falcon set in this engaging conference talk from NDC London 2022. Discover how a team of engineers self-organized into an efficient Lego-building machine, applying key concepts from lean software engineering. Learn about cycle-time, batch size optimization for improved throughput, continuous process improvement, stopping the line, work-in-progress limits, Systems Thinking, and the Theory of Constraints. Gain insights into how these principles can be applied to both Lego construction and software development, as speaker James Lewis draws parallels between the two domains. Whether you're a software engineer, a Lego enthusiast, or simply curious about efficient teamwork, this talk offers valuable lessons on optimizing processes and achieving high performance in any collaborative endeavor.