Operationalization of Lean Thinking through Value Stream Mapping with Simulation and FLOW
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L ean thinking has been successfully employed beyond manufacturing in product design and development. This has led to an increasing interest to utilize it in software engineering (SE). The thesis advances this goal by identifying the key practice of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) that can facilitate organizations to adopt Lean for software development. Two major shortcomings of VSM when applying it in the SE context were identified in this research. Furthermore, solutions were proposed and evaluated to mitigate them. This research was conducted in close collaboration with an industrial partner.
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