Born out of techniques that “revolutionised” Japanese manufacturing and engineering, come the principles behind ‘lean’ software development. Not Agile you understand, but lean. The latest route to ...

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The Japanese word Muda loosely translates as waste. The core element of is to eliminate waste--or, in more North American terms, to "cut the fat." While applying lean concepts to manufacturing may ...

IBM Rational's MCIF offers a twist on Kaizen, a lean manufacturing mainstay and the process of "continuous improvement" practiced by Toyota for 50 years I was just about to write an essay on Kaizen in ...

No one could confuse the practice of building cars with writing software, but the processes are closer than you might think. While many auto manufacturers have spent the past several decades refining ...

Paul Puckett, chief technology officer for federal at Pivotal Software (NYSE: PVTL), has said the development of the U.S. Air Force™s tanker refueling application indicated that the service can deploy ...

Consider this your crash course on everything lean product design, from tools to start to the technical intricacies of creating user flows, wireframing and identifying red routes for feature ...