Lean software development – what exactly are we talking about?

Oisín Cawley, Xiaofeng Wang, Ita Richardson

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Abstract

As the Software Engineering landscape continues to evolve and new paradigms are introduced, there can be a tendency for both industry and academia to enthusiastically embrace new approaches and march forward under whatever banner conventional wisdom has decided to adopt. One such banner is Lean Software Development, a paradigm that continues to see a growth in interest driven by the need for cost reductions within industry. The term lean attracts the attention of business, but precisely how it applies within software development is still being debated. In addition, its relationship to the better understood agile methodologies is also a topic for debate. Having been drawn into this research area ourselves, we present here a review of Lean Software Development and try to distil out for the reader some understanding of this somewhat undefined topic. We conclude with some thoughts on where this subject might go to from here.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLean Enterprise Software and Systems - 4th International Conference, LESS 2013
EditorsBrian Fitzgerald, Klaas-Jan Stol, Ken Power, Ricardo Valerdi, Kieran Conboy, Lorraine Morgan
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages16-31
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783642449291
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event4th International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, LESS 2013 - Galway, Ireland
Duration: 1 Dec 20134 Dec 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume167
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, LESS 2013
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityGalway
Period1/12/134/12/13

Keywords

  • Agile
  • Lean
  • Software development
  • Software engineering

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