Lean Management Principles for Information
Technology
Gerhard J. Plenert
Infosys Technologies Ltd., Fremont, California, USA
ISBN: 978-1-4200-7860-2, July 2011, 368 pp.
Explaining how to introduce Lean principles to IT functions, this book provides the
tools and understanding to make better decisions, increase efficiencies, and make
IT a major force in delivering sustainable improvements to the supply chain. It introduces
powerful Lean tools and techniques and supplies a methodology for implementing
them to reduce waste in the IT environment. Discussing information production
processes, IT systems, and change management through the lens of Lean
principles, the book provides step-by-step guidance for implementing Lean principles
in an IT supply chain management system.