This book illustrates how goal-oriented automated measurement can be used to create Lean
organizations and to facilitate the development of Lean software while also demonstrating the
practical implementation of Lean software development by combining tried and trusted tools. In
order to be successful a Lean orientation of software development has to go hand in hand with
a company's overall business strategy. To achieve this two interrelated aspects require
special attention: measurement and experience management. In this book Janes and Succi provide
the necessary knowledge to establish Lean software company thinking while also exploiting the
latest approaches to software measurement. A comprehensive company-wide measurement approach
is exactly what companies need in order to align their activities to the demands of their
stakeholders to their business strategy etc. With the automatic non-invasive measurement
approach proposed in this book even small and medium-sized enterprises that do not have the
resources to introduce heavyweight processes will be able to make their software development
processes considerably more Lean. The book is divided into three parts. Part I Motivation for
Lean Software Development explains just what Lean Production means why it can be advantageous
to apply Lean concepts to software engineering and which existing approaches are best suited
to achieving this. Part II The Pillars of Lean Software Development presents the tools needed
to achieve Lean software development: Non-invasive Measurement the Goal Question Metric
approach and the Experience Factory. Finally Part III Lean Software Development in Action
shows how different tools can be combined to enable Lean Thinking in software development. The
book primarily addresses the needs of all those working in the field of software engineering
who want to understand how to establish an efficient and effective software development
process. This group includes developers managers and students pursuing an M.Sc. degree in
software engineering.
