Paper Info
Title
Combining Lean Thinking and Agile Methods for Software Development: A Case Study of a Finnish Provider of Wireless Embedded Systems Detailed
Abstract
Lean Software Development has attracted a great deal of attention during last years. However, it remains unclear how Lean is implemented in a domain that fundamentally differs from the automotive industry in which it originated. This study provides empirical evidence of how Lean can be combined with Agile methods to enhance software development processes. A case study was conducted at Elektrobit Wireless Segment, which has used Agile from 2007 and began to adopt Lean in 2010. Our findings evidence numerous compatibilities between Lean and Agile. In addition to well-established practices in Agile, Lean thinking has brought new elements to software development such as Kanban and work-in-progress limits, a “pull” and “less waste” oriented culture, and a stronger emphasis on transparency and collaborative development. Scaling flexibility, business management involvement and waste reduction were found as challenges, whilst setting up teams, self-organization and empowerment appeared easier to achieve.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/HICSS.2014.586
System Sciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
finnish provider,software development,lean software development,combining lean thinking,case study,waste reduction,software development process,agile method,findings evidence numerous compatibility,agile methods,elektro bit,collaborative development,empirical evidence,lean production,embedded systems
Lean laboratory,Agile Unified Process,Lean IT,Computer science,Lean software development,Knowledge management,Agile software development,Agile usability engineering,Lean project management,Empirical process (process control model),Operations management,Process management
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1060-3425
3
0.48
References 
Authors
13
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pilar Rodríguez117313.56
Jari Partanen2367.83
Pasi Kuvaja323624.82
Markku Oivo465081.11