Lean principles and techniques for improving the quality and productivity of software development projects: a case study


Autoria(s): Middleton, Peter
Data(s)

01/04/2007

Resumo

Software product development is recognised as difficult due to the intangible nature of the product, requirements elicitation, effective progress measurement, and so forth. In this paper, we describe some of the challenges of software product development and how the challenges are being met by lean management principles and techniques. Specifically, we examine lean principles and techniques that were devised by Toyota and other manufacturers over the last 50 years. Applying lean principles to software development projects has been advocated for over ten years and it will be shown that the extensive lean literature is a valuable source of ideas for software development. A case study with a software development organisation, Timberline Inc., will demonstrate that lean principles and techniques can be successfully applied to software product development.

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/lean-principles-and-techniques-for-improving-the-quality-and-productivity-of-software-development-projects-a-case-study(ed96b6ff-b685-4af4-81a6-7746e9e6070c).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJPQM.2007.013334

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34548211776&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Middleton , P 2007 , ' Lean principles and techniques for improving the quality and productivity of software development projects: a case study ' International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management , vol 2 (4) , no. 4 , pp. 387-403 . DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2007.013334

Palavras-Chave #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400 #Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Tipo

article