
128 ◾ Making IT Lean: Applying Lean Practices to the Work of IT
Planning, Implementing, and Improving Solutions
Once we have identified the solution, we have begun to engage in what is
essentially a planning activity. Our goal here is not to describe “how to plan”
in detail, but rather to simply indicate that the planning activity one engages
in provides the entry point to the Plan–Do–Check–Act cycle (Figure6.2).
“How to plan” is no different from any project planning activity except, as
we discuss below, we have a bias toward projects that are scoped in such a
way that they can be implemented in a relatively short time period.
There is no singl ...