Performance improvement · Change delivery
Shortening the development cycle with Lean IT
Development operations
Lean IT deployment lead
Context and business problem
A Lean IT deployment addressed development performance and cost. Improve the speed and economics of development work, with results measured in cycle time and cost.
Dan’s role and work
Dan led the Lean IT deployment. The work applied process improvement to development delivery, with cycle time and cost serving as the reported measures of performance.
Reported result
The deployment reduced development cycle time by 50% and costs by $1.6 million, as recorded in Dan’s career résumé.
Where this experience is relevant
For a leader whose development or service delivery takes too long and whose improvement effort needs to change operating performance.
Reading the result accurately
The source does not provide the baseline cycle time, exact project dates, measurement window or whether the cost reduction was recurring. The $1.6 million is not represented as annual savings.
Source: Dan’s professional career record. Exact engagement dates are not specified. This case does not imply a current independent-practice client, a client endorsement or a guaranteed result for another engagement.
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