How to Avoid Fatal Product Flaws with Agile and Scrum? Lessons from Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 Program
Why did Boeing’s development of the 737 MAX 8 effectively avoid Agile principles? Agile foundations are part of Boeing’s toolset and would have maintained a focus on quality and safety for the aircraft’s overall development program, and its key avionics systems, had they been followed.
Lean thinking and speed of Boeing 737 Final Assembly
Lean thinking and continuous improvement benefit assembly, resulting in triple monthly output of 737s from Boeing’s Washington plant.