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Lean knowledge sources:
- The Lean Startup Movement
- Lean Six Sigma
- The Toyota Production System
- Lean Enterprise Institute
- Lean Construction
- DevOps
- Internal Training
- Other
Lean influencers:
- David J. Anderson
- Jim Benson
- Steve Blank
- Mike Burrows
- Dominica DeGrandis
- Pascal Dennis
- Eli Goldratt
- Jeff Gothelf
- Mark Graban
- Jez Humble
- Gene Kim
- Henrik Kniberg
- Mary and Tom Poppendieck
- Don Reinertsen
- Eric Ries
- John Shook
- Jon Terry
- Daniel Vacanti
- Jim Womack
- Other
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.
- Other
Which groups are practicing Lean in your organization?
- Administration
- Customer Support
- Finance
- HR
- IT Operations
- Lean Leadership
- Legal
- Logistics
- Marketing
- PMO
- Product Engineering/Development
- Quality
- Sales
- Software Engineering/Development
- Other
Lean tooling:
- Pull system
- Continuous delivery
- Kanban
- Work-in-process (WIP) limits
- Continuous flow
- Continuous improvement/kaizen
- Six Sigma
- Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- 5 Whys
- PCDA
- OODA Loop
- Value stream mapping
- A/B testing
- Strategy canvas
- Not sure
- Other
Lean metrics or charts:
- Current personal Work-in-Process (WIP)
- Current team Work-in-Process (WIP)
- Flow efficiency
- Queue size
- Lead time
- Cycle time
- Process control charts
- Quality metrics
- Cost of delay
- Throughput
- Cumulative flow
- Burn-up/burn-down charts
- We do not currently use Lean metrics
- Other
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
- Not sure
- Other
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
- Other
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
- General satisfaction with other methodologies currently in use
- Not sure
- Other
Lean tools:
- LeanKit
- JIRA Agile
- VersionOne
- Trello
- Kanbanize
- Microsoft TFS
- Microsoft Excel
- Other
