Lean from the Trenches

How to Read This Book

This book is divided in two parts, each subdivided into several short chapters.

Part I, “How We Work,” is a case study showing how Kanban and Lean principles were applied in a large project for the Swedish police. The first chapter describes what the project was about, and the subsequent chapters describe specific challenges (such as scaling), how we dealt with those challenges, and what we learned along the way.

Part II, “A Closer Look at the Techniques,” starts with a high-level introduction to Agile and Lean and then expands on some of the practices mentioned in Part I, such as cause-effect diagrams.

I suggest you read Part I end to end, since that is the heart of this book, and the chapters build upon each other. ...