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An attempt to apply Lean principles and practices to Scrum
An attempt to apply Lean principles and practices to Scrum

Author(s): Martina Galabova, Avram Eskenazi
Subject(s): ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Lean; Scrum; development processes; process improvement;

Summary/Abstract: A comparison is performed between the Lean and Scrum methodologies. Similarities and differences are articulated. Based on these results we propose how to apply seven Lean practices to Scrum, aiming at some improvement of the whole software production process. The results of a survey of 13 questions about this proposal among 73 software engineers are analyzed and commented.

  • Issue Year: 9/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-36
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English