LavaCon Dublin · June 2016 archive
Look for waste in the documentation production line.
The LavaCon Dublin notice announced a joint presentation by Bluestream’s Nenad Furtula and Datix’s Galyna Key on applying Lean thinking to content production.
The 2016 announcement
Archive · Published 3 June 2016. Event invitations and roles reflect the original publication period; the event has passed.
Join us at Lavacon Dublin 2016 next week, June 5 – 11, 2016, where we’ll be attending this exciting conference, which is taking place in Europe for the first time.
Bluestream Partner and VP Nenad Furtula together with Galyna Key, the Learning Experience Manager at Datix, will be speaking about “Whatever You Do, Stop It Now! Implementing Lean to Eliminate Waste in the Documentation Production Factory.” You can catch that stimulating presentation on Day 3 at 11am!
If you are in Dublin, be sure to stop the Bluestream table in the Exhibit Hall and say hello to us.
Bluestream is excited to see DITA crossing the Atlantic – and to be a part of it!
You can learn more about Lavacon Dublin on the conference website.
Editorial context · October 2026
The LavaCon Dublin presentation
The announced title was “Whatever You Do, Stop It Now! Implementing Lean to Eliminate Waste in the Documentation Production Factory.”
Observe the process before changing it
A useful first exercise is to follow one content item from request to release. Record the handoffs, the questions that interrupt work, and the points where the item waits. Separate time spent improving the content from time spent searching for a file, clarifying ownership, or repeating an avoidable step.
Choose one change you can evaluate
A clearer request
Give the reviewer a bounded question and the correct version of the content. Check whether fewer clarification loops are needed.
A smaller batch
Try reviewing a coherent, manageable set of topics rather than waiting for a whole publication. Preserve the checks that require publication-level context.
An explicit decision
Make the approval responsibility visible. Avoid treating a lack of comments as evidence that someone has approved the content.
Keep the quality controls that matter
Reducing unnecessary work should not mean removing review that protects technical accuracy or user safety. Ask what purpose each step serves and whether the same purpose can be met more clearly. The related webinar archive expands on the same presentation theme, while retaining the original claims as part of the 2016 record.
Archive source: DITA in Dublin, 3 June 2016.