Can Lean Explain Agile?

My discussion with agile software development project managers led to some great insights into overcoming barriers to agile transformation. I started by surmising that a company who had done lean manufacturing would be more likely to pursue agile software development. When asked why, I gave the example of “quality at the source” and compared it to the agile approach of test driven development (TDD).
Both approaches assess results closer to the creation (manufacture) of code (product). In manufacturing, the lean approach gives the operator power to assess quality and stop the entire process until the quality glitch is fixed. I grabbed …read more