Process vs Process Japan: Waterfall Boredom vs Lean Principles Excitement
Description
A two-row comparison meme using the Wojak/Soyjak template. The top row labeled 'Process' shows a calm, unimpressed Wojak face next to a standard waterfall software development lifecycle diagram with boxes for Requirements, Design, Implementation, Verification, and Maintenance connected by arrows. The bottom row labeled 'Process, Japan' shows an excited, mouth-open Soyjak face next to a colorful Lean Principles diagram with five interconnected circles: 01. Define Value, 02. Map Value Stream, 03. Create Flow, 04. Establish Pull, and 05. Pursuit Perfection. The meme satirizes how developers find standard SDLC boring but get unreasonably excited about the exact same concepts when rebranded with Japanese manufacturing terminology like Lean, Kaizen, and Kanban
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Developers will reject a 'requirements gathering phase' but enthusiastically adopt a 'Define Value ceremony' -- rebranding is the real 5th Lean principle
Do people exist that see "create flow" or "map value stream" as a step and take it seriously? Comment deleted
These are people who first discovered documentation because Claude told them it wanted a SKILL.md file Comment deleted