Lean Enterprise Software and Systems: 4th International Conference, LESS 2013, Galway, Ireland, December 1-4, 2013, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 167)

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, LESS 2013, held in Galway, Ireland, in December 2013. LESS fosters interactions between practitioners and researchers by joining the lean product development and the agile software development communities in a highly collaborative environment. Each year, the program combines novelties and recent research results that make new ideas thrive during and after the conference. This year, the conference agenda was expanded to incorporate topics such as portfolio management, open innovation and enterprise transformation. The 14 papers selected for this book represent a diverse range of experiences, studies and theoretical achievements. They are organized in four sections on lean software development, quality and performance, case studies and emerging developments. Front Matter....Pages - The Early Stage Software Startup Development Model: A Framework for Operationalizing Lean Principles in Software Startups....Pages 1-15 Lean Software Development – What Exactly Are We Talking About?....Pages 16-31 Lean Software Development Measures and Indicators - A Systematic Mapping Study....Pages 32-47 Bringing Total Quality in to Software Teams: A Frame for Higher Performance....Pages 48-64 Improving Development Visibility and Flow in Large Operational Organizations....Pages 65-80 A Brief History of Budgeting: Reflections on Beyond Budgeting, Its Link to Performance Management and Its Appropriateness for Software Development....Pages 81-105 Case Study in Responsive Web Design: Pragmatic Agile and Hero Team Approach - Time and Cost Savings with Quality Improvement....Pages 106-121 Success Factors in New Service Development - Digia Flowd Analysis....Pages 122-136 Creating Minimum Viable Products in Industry-Academia Collaborations....Pages 137-151 Towards Data-Driven Product Development: A Multiple Case Study on Post-deployment Data Usage in Software-Intensive Embedded Systems....Pages 152-164 Feature Prioritization Based on Mock-Purchase: A Mobile Case Study....Pages 165-179 Fuzzy Cognitive Maps as Decision Support Tools for Investigating Critical Agile Adoption Factors....Pages 180-193 Agile Project – An Oxymoron? Proposing an Unproject Leadership Model for Complex Space....Pages 194-209 Exploring the Tensions between Software Project Portfolio Management and Agile Methods: A Research in Progress Paper....Pages 210-217 Back Matter....Pages -