Paper Info
Title
Studying Lean-Kanban Approach Using Software Process Simulation
Abstract
We developed an event-driven simulator of the Kanban process a WIP limited pull system visualized by the Kanban board. WIP (work in process) represent the capacity in the activity to perform features simoultaneously. The simulator is fully object-oriented, and its design model reflects the objects of the Lean software development domain. We used this simulator to assess comparatively WIP-limited and unlimited processes. We also studied the optimum values of the working item limits in the activities, using a paradigmatic case of 4 activities and 100 work items. The cost function used is equal to the total time needed to complete the project, plus a weighted sum of the limits themselves. We performed an exhaustive search on all the admissible values of the solution; finding sensible optimal values, and a non-trivial behavior of the cost function in the optimization space. This demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of the approach.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-20677-1_2
AGILE PROCESSES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND EXTREME PROGRAMMING
Keywords
Field
DocType
Kanban,Lean,software development,software process simulation
Kanban,Software design,Industrial engineering,Work in process,Computer science,Lean software development,Real-time computing,Software Process simulation,Design process,Software sizing,Goal-Driven Software Development Process
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
77
1865-1348
10
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.81
7
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Anderson118979.84
Giulio Concas242444.83
Maria Ilaria Lunesu3337.12
Michele Marchesi4807120.28