Applying agile and lean principles to the governance of software and systems development

Overview

As more and more project teams adopt agile software development methods, issues arise with traditional approaches to IT governance.

The heart of the paper is a description of eighteen practices that define a lean approach to governing software development projects within your IT organisation. These practices show how to embed governance into tools, processes and development guidance to make it as easy as possible for people to keep their software and systems delivery projects on track. They bring the lean thinking that has revolutionized supply chain management into the governance of software and systems development.