name: kaizen-continuous-improvement description: Apply continuous improvement principles to iteratively enhance processes, code quality, team practices, and system performance through small, incremental changes. Use when improving development processes, optimizing workflows, reducing waste, enhancing code quality over time, implementing retrospective learnings, or fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Kaizen - Continuous Improvement

When to use this skill

• Improving development processes incrementally
• Optimizing team workflows and practices
• Reducing waste and inefficiencies
• Enhancing code quality over time
• Implementing retrospective learnings
• Fostering continuous improvement culture
• Identifying process bottlenecks
• Streamlining development pipelines
• Improving code review processes
• Optimizing deployment workflows
• Reducing technical debt systematically
• Implementing small, incremental improvements

When to use this skill

• Applying incremental improvements, retrospectives.
• When working on related tasks or features
• During development that requires this expertise

Use when: Applying incremental improvements, retrospectives.

Process

1. Identify bottleneck
2. Propose small change
3. Implement quickly
4. Measure impact
5. Iterate

Resources

• Kaizen Philosophy