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Embracing Lean Principles for Customer-Focused Efficiency
This chapter explores the application of Lean principles in respecting individuals' time and energy, emphasizing the impact of meaningful work and the drawbacks of hyper-specialization. It discusses the role of quality managers in Lean software development, the importance of continuous improvement through experimentation, and the shift towards a coaching role in quality management. The chapter also delves into challenges faced by lean manufacturing companies in software development and highlights successful applications of lean principles in various industries, advocating for customer-centric approaches and decentralized, single responsibility teams.