Lean Enterprise Software and Systems

The LESS 2010 conference was the first scientific conference dedicated to advancing the "lean enterprise software and systems" body of knowledge. It fostered interactions by joining the lean product development community with the agile community coupled with innovative ideas nurtured by the beyond budgeting school of thinking. The conference was organized in collaboration with the Lean Software and Systems Consortium (LSSC). The conference is established as a conference series. The idea of the conference was to offer a unique platform for advancing the state of the art in research and practice by bringing the leading researchers and practitioners to the same table. Indeed, LESS 2010 attracted a unique mix of participants including academics, researchers, leading consultants and industry practitioners. The aim of the conference was to use this diverse community to advance research and practical knowledge concerning lean thinking within the field of software business and development. LESS 2010 had more than 60% of its speakers come from the industry and the remaining from academia. LESS is poised to grow as we advance into future iterations of the conference and become the conference for lean thinking in systems and software development. Its growth and credibility will be advanced by the communities and knowledge exchange platform it provides. LESS offers several avenues for knowledge exchange to create a highly collaborative environment. Each year, we aim to bring novelty to a program that fosters collaboration, letting new ideas thrive during and after the conference.

Fast-track conference proceedings

Scaling Agile to Lean.- Scaling Agile to Lean - Track Summary.- Agile Transformation Study at Nokia - One Year After.- The Role of the User Story Agile Practice in Innovation.- Lean/Agile Software Development Methodologies in Regulated Environments - State of the Art.- Lean and Agile Project Management: For Large Programs and Projects.- When Agile Is Not Enough.- Refactoring the Organization.- A Journey to Systemic Improvement.- Complexity vs. Lean, the Big Showdown.- Lean Product Development and Innovation.- Lean Product Development and Innovation - Track Summary.- A Tentative Framework for Lean Software Enterprise Research and Development.- What Is Flowing in Lean Software Development?.- Leadership in Kanban Software Development Projects: A Quasi-controlled Experiment.- Distributing a Lean Organization: Maintaining Communication While Staying Agile.- Experience Report: Product Creation through Lean Approaches.- Huitale - A Story of a Finnish Lean Startup.- Kanban and Technical Excellence or: Why Daily Releases Are a Great Objective to Meet.- Clean Delivery: An Experience Report of Collaborative Lean Software Delivery.- Beyond Budgeting.- Beyond Budgeting - Track Summary.- Beyond Budgeting: A Performance Management Model for Software Development Teams.- New Approach for Managing Lean-Agile Development: Overturning the Project Paradigm.- Beyond Budgeting in Statoil.- Case Study: The SpareBank 1 Gruppen's Road to a New Corporate Governance Based on the Principles of beyond Budgeting.- How the beyond Budgeting Management Model Enables Lean Thinking and the Agile Organization.- Handelsbanken - Our Way.- Dynamic Management in a Global Telecomms Business.- Lean Implementation - Lead by Example.- Continue Your beyond Budgeting Journey with Help from Agile,Lean and Scrum.- Panels.- Panel: Why Agile, Why Lean?.- Keynotes.- Fit Manufacturing.- Enabling Dynamic Capabilities through Agile IT and beyond Budgeting Practices.