BPM Tool Comparison
Just a quick notification, as I noticed a blog posting useful for anyone in the market for buying a Business Process Management (BPM) tool. The blog compares 10 such tools on a number of criteria and...
View ArticleLean Data for Service – Size Doesn’t Matter!
With so much talking these days about big data, it is easy to feel a bit ashamed of those small data some of us are usually dealing with… But cheer up! Lean comes to rescue 🙂 I just read an interesting...
View ArticleLean IT, ITSM/ITIL and BI in one sentence :)
Lean IT covers ITSM/ITIL and BI seamlessly Okay, I know that doesn’t say much, but it is one sentence, right?! I put a small quiz out on Twitter (Who can combine #lean #itsm or #itil and...
View ArticleLean Literature Quiz
Do you know your Lean literature? Are you ready to prove it? Try the Lean Literature Quiz and see if you know enough to pass! Have fun with it, and good luck! Btw., there was initially an error in...
View ArticleLean IT – Read All About It!
The No Crisis Company Blog is currently running a Lean Literature Quiz, and even though the quiz at the time of writing is only a few days old, it already shows a clear bias towards knowing a lot about...
View ArticlePhilosophy of a Storm – Timing your Change
The ship was in trouble. A storm had suddenly appeared, and it was worse than any storm the ship and the crew had ever experienced before. “What should we do?”, the captain shouted desperately. One of...
View ArticleLean and ITIL – Closing the Gap
After some years with IT Service Management and ITIL being the main topic for improving IT departments, a new word has appeared: Lean. Lean and ITIL, ITIL and Lean. It looks so obvious that both should...
View ArticleValue Stream Management and Readiness
This evening I did something which is seemingly a bit foolish, but which is nevertheless characteristic for me: instead of reading one of the 200 books I have piled up for future reading I again...
View ArticleLean IT and ITIL – Stopping the Negative Spiral
Good news for those who are hungry for more books about Lean IT and ITIL! Website Differ! is a website and blog about Agile, Lean IT, and management. It is edited by Jaroslav (Jarek) Procházka, an...
View ArticleSteve Bell’s “Run Grow Transform”– More than just Lean IT
The best book available about Lean IT! I suggest that anyone interested in the topic reads this book because it adds that often missing dimension to it: how is the organization actually going to make...
View ArticleLean IT: Start Here!
IT people live in a changing world: new technologies appear all the time, new software versions and short lived hardware means that they must spend a lot of effort on just following all changes – and...
View ArticleStress Kills Learning, Change, and Improvement
The door to the closet was a bit open, so he elegantly pushed it slightly with his heel while passing it. A few steps later he stopped, as he noticed that the door had jumped open again. Being...
View Article#lis2013 Interview Series : Daniel Breston
Daniel Breston is an important figure in Lean IT – see the interview with him here and learn how and why he engaged with Lean in IT. See the video at The Hypertextual: #lis2013 Interview Series :...
View ArticleLeading Lean – Leaders Must Be Teachers
This sounds very interesting, very wise. I look forward to read the next posts on the topic. Posted by Matt Wrye at Beyond Lean: Leading Lean – Leaders Must Be Teachers
View ArticleThe Games We Play – And other stories
When you step into your office, the games begin. Apart from various rituals that could be considered kind of games – like saying “good morning” – there are more abstract and sometimes quite childish...
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