Agile Network India | Confluence of Lean from Manufacturing industry & Agile from Software industry by Saroj Lavanya G

1. Confluence of
Lean from Manufacturing &
Agile from Software
SAROJ LAVANYA G

2. What is in it for me?
Life cycle of the Project & Product
Lean – Wastes, Tools and
Examples
How did it all start?
How is it used in software
industry?

3. People
Process
Tools
Task 🡪 Team 🡪 Project 🡪 Program 🡪 Portfolio 🡪 Organization
How did it all start?

4. A to Z
Opportunity
identification
Conceptual
Engineering
Basic
Engineering
Detailed
Engineering
Pre-Operatio
n
Operation
Desired Yield
Manufacturing/Engineering Project Life Cycle
LEAN AGILE

5. Lean Wastes
Mura Muri
Muda
• Non-value added, necessary activities
• Non-value added, unnecessary activities
• non-uniformity
• irregularity
• Beyond one’s power
• Excessiveness
• Unreasonableness
WASTE UNEVENNESS OVERBURDEN

6. Extra processing
Wait time
Motion
Defects
Transportation
Non utilized Talent
Over production
Inventory excess
Lean Wastes

7. GEMBA
Lean Tools
ANDON POKA YOKE
VALUE STREAM
MAPPING

8. Lean Tools
In
Software
VSM
GEMBA
Sort: Keep only essentials items to
complete the tasks
Set in order: Organized/Prioritized
Shine: Proactive efforts to provide value
Standardize: Process and practices/
UI/Design
Sustain: Monitor, audit and optimize
everything
POKA YOKE

9. Challenges
Maybe its effective
I don’t think it will work
I don’t have time for my
regular work, am loaded
How will I do extra?
Yes, I will work for this
Count me in for
what ever it is
Let others do, why me?
I already know
how this is going
to boost our
performance
I am ready

10. Lean or Agile?

11. How Lean & Agile are similar?
Prioritize customer satisfaction as a primary goal
• Agile accomplishes this by focusing on open communication between
customers and Development team, encouraging constant feedback
• Lean focuses improving processes that allow them to do just what user
needs; eliminating waste and defects
Approach to speed and iteration
• Agile aims to deliver working software as quickly as possible
• Lean increase speed by managing flow (limiting work-in-process)

12. Marriage being successful means performing
the bride's side & groom's side rituals properly
that are mandatory to mark the significance of
the process, thereby making everyone happy
Same is my analogy with my project's success with Lean &
Agile rituals to make customers and team happy

13. Continuous improvement
Simplicity & only what customer wants

14. Lean and Agile
are
complementary