Lean Software Development
Lean software development is an approach towards software development that adopts best practices from the manufacturing industry. Rooted in the Japanese strive for perfection (most notably the Toyota production system), cornerstones of lean are team collaboration, continuous quality improvements, short lead times, avoidance of various forms of waste, etc. The software development industry, sometimes blamed for delivering poor quality or missing deadlines by too large factors, can learn from these manufacturing best practices.
In this seminar LoQutus explains how lean principles can be taught to and adopted by the client’s software development team.
Covered Topics
- What is lean manufacturing. How is it realized in the Toyota Production System?
- How do these lean principles translate in software development practices? Which recurring challenges can we address? What are typical software development waste types?
- How can you recognize violations to lean principles within your organization today? How can LoQutus help to introduce lean practices in your organization?
What can you expect?
- Introduction to lean principles for software development
- Presentation of a case study
- Build a first view on your organization’s software development waste.
- Testimonies from LoQutus’ trainers and consultants
Recommended for: ICT manager, ICT Project Manager, Software Development Team leaders
Speakers
Prof. Hendrik Vanmaele is Managing Director of the MÖBIUS group and key lecturer at the University of Ghent (Industrial Management) and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.
He studied for civil engineer and obtained an additional Master of Science Degree in Industrial Management. Hendrik also studied at the Cornell University (USA) and then became Doctor in Industrial Management.
MÖBIUS is a consultancy organization of about 140 consultants who are active in the domains of Supply Chain Management and Business Process Management. With three offices in Belgium and one office in France, the Netherlands as well as the United Kingdom, MÖBIUS works for customers all over Europe who are active in government, services and industry.
Being an academic, Prof. Vanmaele has conducted research regarding:
- the use of quantitative operations management techniques in operational management
- the use of lean concepts within diverse sectors and company processes
- the relation between company processes on the one hand and system architectures on the other
He has written several (inter)national published articles regarding these topics.
As a consultant, Prof. Vanmaele already works for more than 15 years with a variety of international organizations within various sectors. He is specialized in amongst others the creation of a strategic vision with regard to the development of a process driven organization, the introduction of lean concepts within the operational management and the optimization of the relation between business and IT.
Prof. Vanmaele is also a frequently asked speaker on national and international conferences.
Bart Van Rompaey works as a trainer and solution architect at LoQutus for customers like De Lijn, ArcelorMittal, NVMP and Recupel. He designs and supervises hands-on educations in amongst other BPMS, Analysis and Design, SOA and UML.
Formerly Bart worked as a researcher, trainer and coach in software reengineering at the Lab On Reengineering of the University of Antwerp. He studied, introduced and applied lean software principles on development teams in the telecom, medical and industrial sector. Bart is Doctor in Computer Science: Software Engineering.
Brain level
Surprising. Intriguing. Stimulating. Hotel BLOOM! in Brussels wanted a unique way to illustrate this theme. Therefore they contacted ELIA, the European League of the Institutes of the Arts - a body that represents almost 350 art institutes across 47 countries and encompasses every creative art form.
The result is a totally unique view inside the contemporary art world across Europe, providing a stimulating environment for the LoQutus public.
Practical Information
Tuesday 30th March 2010
1.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Hotel Bloom - Brussels
Parking @ Hotel Bloom
Agenda
| 1.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. | Registration with coffee |
| 2.00 p.m. – 2.15 p.m. | Introduction: |
| 2.15 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. | Lean Principles |
| 3.00 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3.15 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. | Lean Software Development principles |
| 4.15 p.m. – 4.45 p.m. | Lean Software Development in practice |
| 4.45 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. | Reception |
Click HERE to register for this event (free of charge)!