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Lean

Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain. Adapted from the Toyota Production System, it is emerging with the support of a pro-lean subculture within the agile community. Lean offers a solid conceptual framework, values and principles, as well as good practices, derived from experience, that support agile organizations.
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  • 7 Principles of Lean Software Development
    • Eliminate waste
    • Deliver as fast as possible
    • Amplify learning
    • Decide as late as possible
    • Empower the team
    • See the whole
    • Build integrity in
  • 7 Wastes of Lean Software
    • Defects
    • Extra features (over production)
    • Relearning
    • Delays
    • Handoffs
    • Task/Context switching
    • Partially done work
  • kaizen
    • Gemba - the actual place - Go to the actual site of the failure - not documentation about it, etc.
    • Do, measure, learn
    • Plan, do, check, act
    • continuous improvement
      • The Five Whys
        • Don't accept human error as a root cause
        • People don't fail, processes do.
        • Underlying causes, not symptoms
        • Track the forks in your five whys
        • Don't accept answers like not enough time
  • 3 Kinds of Waste/The 3 M's
    • Muri: unreasonable, overuse of equipment or employees
    • Muda: waste, consumption of resources that don't provide value to the customer
    • Mura: unevenness, overburdern, burnout
  • Queue theory
  • Flow - focus on overall flow, holistic,
  • Pull - customer should pull value from your company, as opposed to you pushing it out regardless of demand
  • 5 Principles of Lean Project Management
    • Specify value to your customer. Always front of mind
    • Map value stream
      • visualize entire project from start to finish to make sure you are creating value your customer wants efficiently
    • Create flow
      • optimize smooth
    • Establish pull
      • be responsive to customer and demand
    • Continuous improvement
  • Pros and Cons
    • Pros
      • Reduce lead times, cost
      • Efficiency
      • Customer sat
    • Cons
      • low inventory
      • efficiency and quality is critical
      • short lead times
  • The Lean Startup

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