It provides step by step guide to fundamentals of lean.

1. FUNDAMENTALS OF LEAN
METHODOLOGY
BY
KUSHAGRA MISHRA

2. LEAN
KNOWLEDGE
• The Lean Startup Movement
• Lean Six Sigma
• The Toyota Production System
• Lean Enterprise Institute
• Lean Construction
• DevOps

3. LEAN
ADOPTION
• Our organization does not use
Lean.
• Only used in one department
(IT).
• Only used in one department
(non-IT).
• Used in multiple departments
(started in IT).
• Used in multiple departments
(started in non-IT).
• Started across the
organization as an executive-
driven initiative.
• Our organization began as a
Lean organization.

4. LEAN IN
ORGANIZATION
• Administration
• Customer Support
• Finance
• HR
• IT Operations
• Lean Leadership
• Legal
• Logistics
• Marketing
• PMO
• Product Engineering/Development
• Quality
• Sales
• Software Engineering/Development

5. LEAN TOOLING
• Kanban
• Work-in-process (WIP) limits
• Continuous flow
• Continuous improvement/kaizen
• Six Sigma
• Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
• 5 Whys
• Value stream mapping
• Strategy canvas

6. LEAN METRICS
• Current personal Work-in-
Process (WIP)
• Current team Work-in-Process
(WIP)
• Queue size
• Lead time
• Cycle time
• Process control charts
• Quality metrics
• Throughput
• Burn-up/burn-down charts

7. LEAN BENEFITS
• Better management of changing
priorities
• Reduced lead time
• Predictable delivery of customer value
• Increased team morale
• More efficient business processes
• Reduced risk
• Cut costs
• Manage team/process complexity
• Improved project visibility at the team
level
• Improved visibility to stakeholders
• Increased team productivity

8. LEAN
CHALLENGES
• Adhering to WIP limits
• Visualizing work
• Sharing knowledge with the team
• Balancing improvement efforts and project
work
• Prioritizing work
• Delivering fast while maintaining quality
• Delivering frequently
• Deferring commitment
• Standardization of team processes
• Moving from "push" to "pull" system
• Practicing systems thinking
• Adjusting to new team culture
• Teaching new team members Lean concepts

9. LEAN BARRIERS
• Organizational resistance to Lean
• General organizational resistance
to change
• Not enough personnel with the
necessary Lean experience
• Concerns about a loss of
management control
• Perceived time and cost to make
the transition
• Lack of buy-in from management
• Regulatory compliance

10. LEAN TOOLS
• LeanKit
• JIRA Agile
• Srummage
• VersionOne
• Trello
• Kanbanize
• Microsoft TFS
• Microsoft Excel