To appreciate Glenn Ballard’s commitment to Lean project delivery, ask him about the fruit trees behind his Oakland, Calif., home. The University of California, Berkeley, retired professor and project ...

In this article Computer Associates' Sumner Blount explains the four main principles of Lean GRC -- highlighting how companies can leverage the concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Lean IT to help ...

The IT training and certification industry consortium Lean IT Association (Lita) has launched a Lean IT Certification Scheme, aimed at training providers teaching the principles of lean IT. Lean ...

How Krishna Valluru applies Lean principles to cut delays, reduce costs, and transform financial services operations.” ...

You’re probably familiar with the principles of lean manufacturing. Stripped to its roots, lean focuses on decreasing waste, increasing value to the customer and a process of continuous improvement.

Customer in a restaurant: Waiter, bring me a steak, and make it lean. Waiter: Okay, sir. Which way? As reported in my last post, Sandy Kemsley has done a great job of covering Forrester's Business ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’ve recently launched a startup, I’m sure that you’ve heard a lot about being “lean.” But I’m not here to discuss the methodology ...

In practice, lean manufacturing is an operating philosophy that yields a number of long-term benefits that aren’t always obvious to those who are considering adopting it. The first thing most ...

Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed to improve and ...