Sustainable Product Development
The Lean-Agile Connection
Lean software development and Agile software development are two approaches on the minds of many who want to become more effective software developers. Lean? Agile? Are they similar or different? Do they compete or complement each other?

The principles which drive Lean can be applied to software. Doing so provides guidance for those who are attempting to develop software more effectively. In this article, instead of describing Lean on its own, I will describe Lean in terms of the Agile practices it suggests. This will illustrate how Agile practices are manifestations of Lean principles. There is power to this understanding - when an Agile practitioner finds himself in a situation where a standard Agile practice cannot be followed, the Lean principles will guide him/her to a better way.

This is an excerpt of Alan Shalloway’s and Jim Trott’s upcoming book – "Lean-Agile Anti-Patterns and What to Do About Them".
This chapter covers several critical issues surrounding the role of quality assurance in Lean-Agile software development

An anti-pattern is a commonly occurring activity that is counter-productive to the company doing it. A "Lean" anti-pattern is an anti-pattern that goes against Lean principles. That is, it violates the company’s attempts to be following Lean methods. This article contains a table of Anti-Patterns, the Lean Principles Violated, and the Result of the Anti-Pattern. It is not meant to be complete, but is a first cut at commonly occurring Lean-Anti patterns. It has been broken up into different categories since they are related to each other – one often contributing to others.

The software industry now builds the wrong software 64% of the time. How does this happen? What can we do to be more effective? This featured ezine article addresses these questions.