Lean Software Development An Agile Toolkit

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit Mary Poppendieck Tom Poppendieck Forewords by Jim Highsmithand Ken Schwaber Adapting agile practices toyourdevelopment organization Uncovering and eradicating waste throughout the software development lifecycle Practical techniques for every development manager, project manager, and technical leader Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit Leansoftware development: applying agile principles toyourorganization InLean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck identify seven fundamental "lean" principles, adapt them for the world of software development, and show how they can serve as the foundation for agile development approaches thatwork. Along the way, they introduce 22 "thinking tools" that can help you customize the right agile practices for any environment. Better, cheaper, faster software development. You can have all threeifyou adopt the same lean principles that havealreadyrevolutionized manufacturing, logistics and product development. Iterating towards excellence: software development as an exercise in discovery Managing uncertainty: "decide as late as possible" by building change into the system. Compressing the value stream: rapid development, feedback, and improvement Empowering teams and individualswithoutcompromising coordination Software withintegrity: promoting coherence, usability, fitness, maintainability, and adaptability How to "see the whole"even when your developers are scattered across multiple locations and contractors Simply put,Lean Software Developmenthelps you refocus development onvalue, flow, and peopleso you can achieve breakthrough quality, savings, speed, and business alignment.Poppendieck, Mary is the author of 'Lean Software Development An Agile Toolkit' with ISBN 9780321150783 and ISBN 0321150783.