Lean Software Development

Ebert, Christof; Abrahamsson, Pekka; Oza, Nilay

doi:10.1109/ms.2012.116

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“…The core of lean is the removal of waste, that is, eliminate non-value added activities (Abdulmalek & Rajgopal, 2007;Jailia, Sujata, Jailia, & Agarwal, 2011). Lean software development is based on the application of principles from Lean manufacturing (Ebert et al, 2012). Lean software development starts from value orientation, then reducing unnecessary features, improving the interfaces, empowering the software developers and continuously improving the solutions.…”

Section: Lean Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The impact of lean methods in software development are still not completely understood, even though these are commonly adopted with a combination of other agile methodologies (Ebert et al, 2012). According to Dingsøyr, Nerur, Balijepally, and Moe (2012), although leanness focuses on cost reduction by eliminating waste, agility treats leanness in the sense that the elimination of waste is a manner of creating valuable and effective results.…”

Section: Lean Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lean approaches form a subset of Agile approaches that focus on eliminating waste (Ebert, Abrahamsson, & Oza, 2012). Lean software development starts with value orientation, then reducing unnecessary features, improving the interfaces, empowering the software developers and continuously improving the solutions (Ebert et al, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lean software development starts with value orientation, then reducing unnecessary features, improving the interfaces, empowering the software developers and continuously improving the solutions (Ebert et al, 2012).…”

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The Use of Kanban to Alleviate Collaboration and Communication Challenges of Global Software Development

Tanner¹,

Dauane²

2017

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[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology] Aim/Purpose : This paper aims to describe how various Kanban elements can help alleviate two prominent types of challenges, communication and collaboration in Global Software Development (GSD). Background: Iterative and Lean development methodologies like Kanban have gained significance in the software development industry, both in the co-located and globally distributed contexts. However, little is known on how such methodologies can help mitigate various challenges in that occur in a globally distributed software development context. Methodology: The study was conducted using a single-case study based on a general inductive approach to analysis and theory development. Through the literature review, collaboration and communication challenges that GSD teams face were identified. Data collected through semi-structured interviews was then inductively analyzed to describe how the case-study teams employed various Kanban elements to mitigate communication and collaboration challenges they face during GSD. Findings: The study found that some Kanban elements, when properly employed, can help alleviate collaboration and communication challenges that occur within GSD teams. These relate to Inclusion Criteria, Reverse Items, Kanban Board, Policies, Avatars, and Backlog. Contribution: The paper contributes to knowledge by proposing two simple concept maps that detail the specific types of communication and collaboration challenges which can be alleviated by the aforementioned Kanban elements in GSD. Recommendations for Practitioners: This paper is relevant to GSD teams who are seeking ways to enhance their team collaboration and communication as these are the most important elements that contribute to GSD project success. It is recommended that relevant Kanban elements be used to that effect, depending on the challenges that they aim to alleviate. Future Research: Future research can investigate the same research questions (or similar ones) using a quantitative approach.

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Section: Lean Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Lean Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2017

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“…In healthcare, the application of Lean has reported significant improvements in reducing patient waiting lists, floor space utilization and lead-time in laboratorial tests [2]. However, the intangible nature of software development, its dynamism and its dependency of knowledgeable workers, whose work primarily involves the use of information, challenges the applicability of Lean ideas [10]. In consequence, Lean is open to interpretation in a domain such as software development that differs fundamentally from manufacturing.…”

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Building lean thinking in a telecom software development organization: strengths and challenges

Rodríguez

Mikkonen

Kuvaja

et al. 2013

Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software and System Process

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The potential shown by Lean in different domains has aroused interest in the software industry. However, it remains unclear how Lean can be effectively applied in a domain such as software development that is fundamentally different from manufacturing. This paper explores how Lean principles are implemented in software development companies and the challenges that arise when applying Lean Software Development. For that, a case study was conducted at Ericsson R&D Finland, which successfully adopted Scrum in 2009 and subsequently started a comprehensible transition to Lean in 2010. Focus groups were conducted with company representatives to help devise a questionnaire supporting the creation of a Lean mindset in the company {Team Amplifier). Afterwards, the questionnaire was used in 16 teams based in Finland, Hungary and China to evaluate the status of their transformation. By using Lean thinking, Ericsson R&D Finland has made important improvements to the quality of its products, customer satisfaction and transparency within the organization. The study makes two main contributions to research. First, the main factors that have enabled Ericsson R&D's achievements are analysed. Elements such as 'network of product owners', 'continuous integration', 'work in progress limits' and 'communities of practice' have been identified as being of fundamental importance. Second, three categories of challenges in using Lean Software Development were identified: 'achieving flow', 'transparency' and 'creating a learning culture'.

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A lean and mean strategy: a data migration industrial study

Razavian

Lago

2013

J Software Evolu Process

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SUMMARY Many companies have legacy assets to be integrated or modernized. Like today's software developments, migration projects are faced with steadily increasing demands for efficiency: migration has to be carried out faster, better, and cheaper. At the same time, migration complexity increases, and migration projects remain challenging despite the companies' extensive experience. To cope with such efficiency demands, companies need a well‐defined migration strategy. In previous work, we have defined such a migration strategy called lean and mean strategy. In this paper, following technical action research, we apply our migration strategy, and evaluate it, in two large industrial case studies in the field of data migration. The use of the strategy in our case studies reveals the benefits of lean and mean strategy for meeting the efficiency demands. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Lean Software Development

Cited by 55 publications

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The Use of Kanban to Alleviate Collaboration and Communication Challenges of Global Software Development

The Use of Kanban to Alleviate Collaboration and Communication Challenges of Global Software Development

Building lean thinking in a telecom software development organization: strengths and challenges

A lean and mean strategy: a data migration industrial study

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