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Lean product development has been claimed to produce the following results: Increase innovation ten-fold [10] Increase introduction of new products 400%-500% [10] [11] Companies such as Toyota can attribute their success to lean product development. In 2000, Toyota launched 14 new products, a larger product line than GM's entire product offering.
Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the software development domain. Adapted from the Toyota Production System , [ 1 ] it is emerging with the support of a pro-lean subculture within the agile community.
Lean startup is a methodology for developing businesses and products that aims to shorten product development cycles and rapidly discover if a proposed business model is viable; this is achieved by adopting a combination of business-hypothesis-driven experimentation, iterative product releases, and validated learning. Lean startup emphasizes ...
Lean IT, application of lean manufacturing principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services; Lean laboratory, application of lean manufacturing principles in a laboratory; Lean manufacturing, a process improvement discipline; Lean product development, lean thinking applied to product development
Lean measures both the process of design and the design results. [25] Measures drive the design for lean manufacturing culture and promote continuous improvement. [26] Toyota's lean product development process is elusive but not impossible to understand. [27] It cannot be imported in parts as is the case with the Toyota Production System.
Lean manufacturing adopts the just-in-time approach and additionally focuses on reducing cycle, flow, and throughput times by further eliminating activities that do not add any value for the customer. [1] Lean manufacturing also involves people who work outside of the manufacturing process, such as in marketing and customer service.
Lean IT is the extension of lean manufacturing and lean services principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services. Its central concern, applied in the context of IT, is the elimination of waste, where waste is work that adds no value to a product or service.
The first concept of Lean Six Sigma was created in Chuck Mills, Barbara Wheat, and Mike Carnell's 2001 book, Leaning into Six Sigma: The Path to Integration of Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma. [4] It was developed as a guide for managers of manufacturing plants on how to combine lean manufacturing and Six Sigma to improve quality and cycle time ...