ITONICS

JUNE 28, 2024

The Lean methodology offers powerful tools for driving efficiency, agility, and innovation. Its principles are rooted in the meticulous practices of the Toyota Production System and later adapted to the demands of software development, startups, and—most recently—corporations.

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Kainexus

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Today, hospitals, construction companies, software developers, and even educational institutions are adapting ideas from the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing to suit their needs. One of the most popular techniques is Standard work.

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Software Software Developers Software Development LEAN 98

Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 3, 2018

It is important for these companies to develop the systems and processes inside the company to support the entrepreneurial mindset, with the ultimate goal of empowering employees to move fast, act bold, and drive impact. Questions Answered: Why is Lean Innovation Leadership Important? Click here to register and watch the replay.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Process improvement is the systematic practice of identifying, analyzing, and optimizing workflows or systems to enhance how work is done. Methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma , and Kaizen provide proven frameworks for process improvement. It underscores the value of balancing efficiency with strict standards in complex systems.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Vanguard’s Transformation Journey “Introducing Flow at Scale at Vanguard” What happens when you introduce flow measurement across an enterprise software development organization? See how Vanguard leveraged a 10-team pilot to apply flow measurement and improve software delivery efficiency for more than 750 teams.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

How The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards Used Lean Innovation to Create New Value for Their Customers Take this Case Study with you! The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards ( NCARB ), a national non-profit organization, develops standards for licensure and credentialing of architects.

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Marketing LEAN Case Study Innovation 65

Leanstack

MARCH 19, 2019

Divide and conquer leads to local optimization This divide and conquer approach seems logical but it favors local optimization at the expense of longer-term system throughput i.e. real results. If you simply incentivize software developers to write more lines of code, more lines of code get written, but performance and quality suffer.

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How To Innovation Roadmap Software Developers 75

Cris Beswick

MAY 1, 2024

At its core, the form follows function maxim postulates that the shape and design of any system should be an intentional product derived from its intended use rather than arbitrary aesthetic preferences. This perspective views innovation not as a thing unto itself but as an organisational capability that emerges from systematic efforts.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The past decade of digital transformation has made it clear how difficult innovating at speed can be for organizations mired in legacy systems, technical debt, and disconnected decision making. The software development methodologies and organizational design principles harnessed by digital natives are well documented.

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 5, 2019

Among other things, it: enables the implementation of Lean-Agile software at the corporate level; is based on Lean and Agile principles; provides detailed guidance for working on the Portfolio, Value Stream, Program and Team; was designed to meet the needs of all stakeholders within an organization.

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Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. This will help developers understand what UX team members do plus help UX team members understand the roles of different members of the technical staff.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s a management format that draws from the same source as Lean and Agile. refers to the third generation of project management models, considered more suited to current business requirements in the context of Digital Transformation – toting more agile, lean, and modern management values. As the name implies, Management 3.0

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Management Agile LEAN Guidelines 59

Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

My heuristic is that if a story shares several personas with another story in a multi-user system, then that story may be a duplicate. “Agile Development: Lessons learned from the first scrum” Cutter Agile Project Management Advisory Service, Executive Update, Vol. User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development.

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Software Review Agile Software Design 107

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the difference between design thinking and Lean UX? How can design thinking help with product development? They conducted user research to understand the needs of their customers, and used creative ideation and experimentation to develop a computer that was easy to use and accessible to a wide audience.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

Cyclical and Iterative Models Cyclical and iterative models, such as the Agile or Lean methodologies, focus on continuous improvement through repeated cycles. This approach is particularly valuable in fast-paced industries like software development, where rapid changes and updates are necessary to stay competitive.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. The approach empowered software developers to build products in an iterative and flexible manner. The product management function is the right group to design, test, and iterate upon those systems.

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Management Agile Software LEAN 52

Leanstack

MARCH 19, 2019

Divide and conquer leads to local optimization This divide and conquer approach seems logical but it favors local optimization at the expense of longer-term system throughput i.e. real results. If you simply incentivize software developers to write more lines of code, more lines of code get written, but performance and quality suffer.

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How To Innovation Roadmap Software Developers 40

Planview

AUGUST 3, 2022

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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Change Agile Handbook Culture 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

We are all lean now — or soon will be. As the world becomes more digitized, generating more information surrounding products and services and speeding up processes, large and small companies in every industry, even manufacturing, are starting to compete more like the software industry, with short product lifecycles and rapid decision-making.

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LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Design 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. Iterative and incremental development methods were also a major contributor to the successful creation of the X-15 hypersonic jet in the 1950s. They keep customers happier. They enjoy their work more.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

While you realize that all your products and processes depend on information systems (which is why the industry spends far more on IT than any other ), you associate the IT function with the drudgery of maintaining the firm's ancient systems. You think your IT organization is overwhelmed just keeping all the old systems running.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Many companies still compete this way and there continue to be successors to Taylorism, including business process reengineering and lean production. Some companies brought together Six Sigma and lean production into “Lean Six Sigma” as a way of competing with both lower costs and higher quality.

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Company LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Competition 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2015

So, like good innovators, we began working on a solution to our colleague’s problem by building an automatic liquor inventory-management system. The system would give owners real-time inventory information, which would help them to identify shrinkage early.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform.

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Software Software Engineering Data Software Developers 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

Its first title, Godin's own Poke the Box , exhorts readers to take initiative and shake up existing systems, just as Godin decided to eschew traditional publishing houses. Meanwhile, Eric Ries, is using his new book, The Lean Startup , to experiment with the marketing principles he espouses in its pages.

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Entrepreneurship Software Developers Software Development LEAN 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

A retailer’s point of sale (POS) system falls into that category. It can be argued that in many industries substantial numbers of digital applications — for example, online channel to customers and ERP systems — have become so pervasive that they have become mandatory for survival in the industry.

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Tools Software Review Technical Review Competition 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

But as employees, most of us still have to put up with quaint, joyless systems for enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, or expense reports. Lean on the arts. Software developer platform GitHub, for example, takes teams to Airbnb “destination work places.”

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Culture Engagement Design Meeting 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. Those sessions produced a highly sophisticated system that achieved the end goal: a wonderful end-to-end experience for consumers. Make the organization team-based and fluid. Cut layers.

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Software Review Technical Review How To Software 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2013

Usually, people think of the systems they use as employees inside organizations — not customers. Ron van Kemenade: "Our focus on customers has led us to reduce our development cycle from months to days. We''ve moved from a project orientation to continuous delivery, applying Lean Six Sigma approaches.". Analytics "!)

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Marketing Agile Software Developers Software Development 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Foundational to the Opportunity SPRINT , is the SPRINT Deck, an IDHA-adapted lean canvas that captures the problem, solution, unique value proposition, competitors and analogs, market trends, economics, and other parameters. Frontline clinicians can and should play a central role in inventing those new applications.

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Company Project Entrepreneurship Design 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

More and more companies are adopting software and product development frameworks like Agile , Scrum , and Kanban — which promote quick, iterative, lean production — to deliver higher quality products, faster. Leadership & Managing People Book. Add to Cart. That sounds like a lot. It’s actually really fast.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It consists of using tools and methods that allow people with little or no software development knowledge to work using, for example, graphical editors and simplified flowcharts. It is, therefore, a revolution, as simplicity and agility in development are the hardcore of this approach. Validation of hypotheses.

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Artificial Inteligence Agile Software Developers Software Development 40

mjvinnovation

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In the DevOps environment, teams can share codes transparently, helping to detect problems while still in the development phase. In this model, the development teams create resources, while the operations teams keep the system stable and running smoothly through a continuous feedback model. IT Outsourcing: scale your growth.

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Planview

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What if a simple shift in your operating model could lead to significantly higher returns and improved operating margins for cyber-physical systems? Dr. Suzette Johnson is an NG Fellow for Lean Agile and Digital Integration at Northrop Grumman Corp. Who are Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman? Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman?

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