Foreword

Run Grow Transform

Daniel T. Jones

Lean Meets IT

The Evolution of Lean

This book is very timely. The coming together of the Lean, Agile, and information technology (IT) services and operations communities presents some very interesting new challenges and opportunities. This book outlines an ambitious landscape for how Lean thinking can transform IT and brings together the different perspectives of several thought leaders in the field. The big questions it raises are what IT and Lean can learn from one another and what kind of new synthesis might be seen as a result.

Our understanding of Lean has certainly evolved over time. In the past it was used to address very different activities in different sectors. It has also widened ...

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