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The core of Lean@IT

One of the previous posts talked about the connection of Business and IT using Lean. But how is Lean applicable in IT? What is Lean@IT all about? We always come across the following comments when...

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Lean@TIPS story at European Lean IT Summit, Paris

Last autumn we talked at the European Lean IT Summit conference about the way we run Lean transformation in Tieto and introduced the Lean@Tieto framework (video). Not only was the session received very...

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How to deliver Productive and Addictive workshops?

People have often told me that the workshops I lead are full of fun and positive energy. For some time I considered it as something normal, something that is a natural part of our Kaizen Workshop way...

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Removing tension between customer and supplier

Tension. Why does it happen? Where does it come from? Customers need effective and user-friendly software. Suppliers want to build it. But in most cases they both fail. There are many factors causing...

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Countering 6 typical arguments against Agile/Lean approach

In my previous blog post I elaborated on one root cause of a tension between customer and supplier – Fixed-all contract. We discussed the ambiguous nature of software development and thus the need for...

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Nastartujte IT pro svůj byznys / Start up IT for your business!

Text in English follows. V současné době se pohybujeme  ve velmi náročném a turbulentním ekonomickém prostředí, kdy se neustále zvyšují požadavky na efektivitu a kvalitu dodávek IT služeb s maximální...

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Implementing lean – easy or difficult?

Lean has been part of production industry for a long time and a part of everyday life of many companies. In most Lean companies they do not use the term lean but use different names like Toyota...

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Countering 6 typical arguments against Agile/Lean approach – contd.

In my previous blog post we discussed the first three typical customer arguments against Agile and Lean contracts – Time, Fixed-price and Fixed-scope. This blog counters three more arguments that we...

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Corporate ICTs role as a broker – reality and future

Corporate ICT is fast evolving to be a broker – an entity that acts as a mediator and advisor between external service providers and end users or business decision makers. The Corporate ICT function...

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1.0 to 2.0: The Company Transformation Story

Any change is quite simple to plan, but not so easy to execute. We all know it! We begin every New Year with a resolution – to quit smoking, or to start exercising and eat healthy in order to feel...

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5 steps to get more cookies with less effort

…enabling mindset change We already know how to work in the Agile way. Whether we implement it in distributed environment in a huge organization, or build complex architecture systems or cooperate with...

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PPS-based Project Management enhances the Lean environment

How to ensure that Project Management will work Lean in your organization? If we will start acting Lean now, then how can get the project managers on the supporting side of Lean? The way to act and...

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