Software Architect's Handbook

Lean

Lean software development (LSD) took the best practices of lean manufacturing and applied them to software development. It aim to optimize processes and minimize waste during the software development process. Waste can be anything that increases time and effort, does not add business value for customers, and reduces the quality of the software system.

The ideas behind LSD not only complement agile software development methodologies, but they are also consistent with the core values of DevOps. There are seven lean development principles:

• Eliminate waste: Elimination of waste is important in lean processes. Unnecessary functionality, code, or effort is wasteful. Delaying the delivery of value to customers and inefficient processes are ...