The powerful new method for streamlining digital product development, accelerating delivery, and scaling innovation―all in just one year
Whether you’re a production manager or CEO, The Lean Tech Manifesto provides what you need to dramatically improve operations and get ahead of the competition. This groundbreaking book written by the celebrated leaders of Theodo shows how to combine Lean strategy with the speed and scale of digital for optimal efficiency. You’ll learn how
● Create a culture of problem solving and knowledge sharing ● Scale-up – even when faced by a major increase in demand ● Deploy faster implementation ● Measure client satisfaction ● Improve teamwork between product, devs, and ops ● Recruit good developers – and keep them!
Fabrice and Benoît are famous for being among the first tech founders to successfully put Lean methodology to practical use, and their company is a Deloitte “Fast 50” company and the “FT 1000” list.
The Lean Tech Manifesto is a major step toward solving your greatest getting ahead of the competition without the need for massive investments in staff and resources, which always result in higher levels of organizational confusion and waste.
If you are new to Lean and the Toyota Production System, this is a good book, and I would give it a 4-star review. It covers all the basic principles, such as quality first, just-in-time, and continuous learning ('kaizen'), in the context of software development.
However, there are better books on Lean principles (which are always the same). For example, Principles of Product Development Flow is more difficult to read but provides a much deeper exploration of the subject.
Additionally, the section on how to scale an organization with a network of teams falls short. I think this is due to the fact that Theodo, being a consulting firm, didn’t really need to scale and synchronize teams around a single product.
An excellent book that provides profound insights into what Theodo and leading tech organizations are doing differently. Fabrice and Benoit extend the Agile Manifesto in a compelling way, by going back to its roots in Lean thinking. I’ve had the chance and pleasure to work for Theodo a while ago, and I can guarantee that they created an environment that is fun yet serious about work. All in all, this is the best theory yet about Agile at scale for tech managers.