Lean IT : enabling and sustaining your Lean transformation /: enabling and sustaining your Lean transformation. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven C. Bell and Michael A. Orzen.
• Other Names: Bell, Steve, 1960 September 30; Orzen, Michael A
• Contents: FOUNDATION Why Does Lean IT Matter?; The Business View; The IT View; What Causes IT and Business Misalignment?; How Lean IT Encourages Alignment and Creates Value; Moving Forward Foundations of Lean; A Brief History of Continuous Improvement; Lean Principles; The Central Concepts of Value and Waste; Lean Tools Overview; Let’s Get Started! The Lean IT and Business Partnership; Why Hasn’t IT Been a Focus of Lean?; What is IT’s Burning Platform for Transformation?; What Is Information Waste?; Learning to See Information Waste; Lean and Green IT; The Tools of Lean IT; How Do We Do Lean IT? INTEGRATION: ALIGNING LEAN IT AND THE BUSINESS Lean IT and Business Process Improvement; The Coordinating Function of Information, IT, and the Lean Office; The Intangible Nature of Information Value and Waste; What Processes and Practices Are “Best”?; Benchmarking: No Need to Reinvent the Wheel; Using Measurement Effectively; Business Process Management (BPM); Prioritizing Process Improvement with Strategy; The IT Organization’s Contribution Lean IT Lessons Learned from Lean Manufacturing: Flow and Pull; Push versus Pull: What Went Wrong with MRP?; Flow, Balance, and Agility; Kanban Is an Information System for Pull; Creating a Level Schedule; IT Demand Management: The Foundation for Flow; Lean IT Lessons Learned from the Shop Floor Lean Management Systems; Communication; Knowledge Management and Collaboration; Performance Measurement; Strategy Deployment; Measuring Value: Lean Accounting; Focus on Creating Value, Not Cost Reduction; The Importance of the Lean Management System PERFORMANCE: IT OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE Lean IT Operations: ITIL and Cloud Computing; Quality Is Free; Functional Silo or Value-Adding Service Center?; ITIL: A Lean Approach to IT Services Management; Lean IT in the Cloud; Lean Tips for Successful IT Services Adoption Lean Software Development; The Challenges of Traditional Software Development; Lean Software Development Basics; Lean Software Development Life Cycle; Implementation and Integration Lessons Learned Applying Lean to Project Management; The Value of Effective Project Management; Lean Project Management; Applying Lean Thinking to Project Management; Plan-Do-Check-Act, DMAIC, and Project Management; Lean Project Management Enables the Lean Enterprise LEADERSHIP ROADMAP Leading the Lean IT Transformation; How to Launch a Lean Enterprise Transformation; Strategic Intent; Leadership Is a State of Mind; The Importance of Effective Management Systems; The Three Levels of a Lean Management System; Integrating Lean IT A Lean IT Roadmap; People Lead Lean IT Change; How to Start the Lean IT Transformation; Lean IT Transformation Roadmap Strategy; Planning; Execution; Setting the Pace for Change LEAN IT CASE STUDIES Barry-Wehmiller: Lean and ERP Work Together; Con-way: Document Management Virtual 5S; Con-way: Focused Value Streams; Group Health: Lean Software Development Aligns with the Business Strategy; Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies: Lean Six Sigma Improves Order Quality; Steelcase: Product Data Management Lean Transformation; Toyota Australia: How IT Helped Implement Breakthrough Strategy Management; Virginia Mason Medical Center: Laboratory Order Process and System Improvement APPENDICES; A Brief History of Continuous Improvement; How Lean and Six Sigma Work Together; Information Wastes; IT Service Desk A3 Example Each chapter begins with Chapter Objectives and end with Endnotes ;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (370 pages), (2 illustrations)
• Subjects: 004.0684; Information resources management; Information technology -- Management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439883631; 1439883637
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