Lean Management Principles for Information Technology

Explaining how to introduce Lean principles to IT functions, this book provides the tools and understanding to make better decisions, increase efficiencies, and make IT a major force in delivering sustainable improvements to the supply chain. It introduces powerful Lean tools and techniques and supplies a methodology for implementing them to reduce waste in the IT environment. Discussing information production processes, IT systems, and change management through the lens of Lean principles, the book provides step-by-step guidance for implementing Lean principles in an IT supply chain management system.

WHY A BOOK ON LEAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? Why Look at IT? What Is the Problem? IT Background. Are We Doing the Right Things? The Art of Managing Change. BRINGING LEAN INTO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY? How Can Lean Help IT? What is Lean? Are We Working on the Correct Problem? Or Are We Creating More Problems? The Lean IT Event. Meaningful Metrics. LEAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INTO THE FUTURE. IT Maturity.