Lean Development - Synergetic with SF?

[Hans-Peter Korn]

In the last months I recognized an increasing popularity of "Lean Development" especially in the area of software development. A closer look will show, that "Agile Development" (which is discussed in SOLWorld since a longer time, see http://www.solworld.org/group/karlstadgroup/forum/topics/solution-f... ) is very overlapping with "Lean Development", which has a better acceptance on management level than "Agility" which sounds a bit strange in the ears of some managers....

And everything which is labelled as "lean" nowadays seems to be quite "sexy" and promising much more efficiency and effectiveness in rough times....

Now, we found out, that there are a lot of synergies between "Agile Development" and SF.
So: Are there such synergies between "Lean Development" and SF also ?

Yes, I think so. Check it out by "googeling" for "Lean Development" or by looking to Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

Here a very short overview:

ELIMINATE WASTE

AMPLIFY LEARNING
FEEDBACK
ITERATIONS

DECIDE AS LATE AS POSSIBLE
OPTIONS THINKING
Decision Making
INTUITIVE DECISION MAKING
SIMPLE RULES

DELIVER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
PULL Systems
QUEUING THEORY

EMPOWER THE TEAM
Beyond Scientific Management
SELF DETERMINATION
MOTIVATION
LEADERSHIP

BUILD INTEGRITY IN

SEE THE WHOLE

[Hans-Peter Korn]

Well, after having read a lot of "stuff" about "Lean Development" I cannot see how SF or "agile" offer a greater emphasis on innovation and readiness for change. Maybe it depends, how "lean" is "put to work" in specific situations. If is is done this way e.g.:
http://www.coldewey.com/publikationen/kolumne/leanDevelopment.1.html
and
http://www.coldewey.com/publikationen/kolumne/leanDevelopment.2.html
for me there seem a lot of emphasis on innovation and readiness for change.

[Bart van Loon]

interesting, I would say that SF (and agile) are as cost-efficient and flexible as Lean but offer a greater emphasis on innovation and readiness for change. This shouldn't sound so strange in the ears of managers