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Definition of Lean

June 15, 2010 Featured No Comments
Definition of Lean

Lean, is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination. Working from this perspective, Lean is centered on preserving value with less work.

Definition of Lean IT

June 14, 2010 Featured No Comments
Definition of Lean IT

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.

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  • Nick Spanos: Yugal, compiling a software inventory would be time-consuming and tedious but not impossible. Failure to identify and m...
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