Results indicate that lean healthcare (LH) is a relatively recent research topic and the lack of
further evidence impairs the benchmarking with previous studies. Therefore, this article aims …

Abstract Background: Lean Software Development (LSD) aims for improvement, yet this
improvement requires measures to identify whether a difference has been achieved, and …

Day by day the intensifying global competition is throwing challenges in the form of
uncertainty and fluctuation in demand, necessity to provide wide variety to attract and hold …

The paper mainly aims to characterise project management (PM) practices of industrial Lean
initiatives by analysing and comparing three main topics: PM approaches, PM teams, and …

Purpose In software development (SD), practitioners have realized the importance of lean
thinking. A new term “Leagile” is coined, which is an integrated approach of traditional lean …

Agile development methods are increasing in popularity, yet there are limited studies on the
reasons and use of metrics in industrial agile development. This paper presents preliminary …

Changing customer and technological requirements force manufactures to develop lean
capabilities. Many organisations have adopted lean thinking paradigm in their drive to …

The industries are giving more attention on software quality improvement and assessment,
however the majority of researches has been done in the field of internal quality …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effect of lean
manufacturing on productivity changes and to identify the root sources of productivity …

Context Several industries developing products on a large-scale are facing major
challenges as their products are becoming more and more software-intensive. Whereas …