Lean Philosophy

Given my experience and education, I have always been sort of philosophically aligned with the concepts in “Lean” management, production, and software development thought to have originated at Toyota in the 90’s. Using software as example, those are:

• Eliminate Waste

  If some activity could be bypassed or the result could be achieved without it, it is waste. Partially done coding eventually abandoned during the development process is waste. Extra features like paperwork and features not often used by customers are waste. Switching people between tasks is waste. Waiting for other activities, teams, processes is waste. (from wikipedia)