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In the book Lean Thinking (Simon & Schuster, 2003), authors Jim Womack and Dan Jones recommend you focus changes across three areas: purpose, process and people.

I was just about to write an essay on Kaizen in lean software development when an IBM Rational press release crossed my desk. Among the new product announcements contained in that release, the one ...

Synopsis continued: This book closes the gap between Lean’s promise, on the one hand, of innovation, business growth, and sustainable competitive advantage; and, on the other, the too frequent ...