Lean and Mean: Eliminating Waste in Your Development Workflow

In the often-chaotic world of software development, waste can quietly undermine productivity, lead to unnecessary delays, and negatively impact both the quality of the final product and the morale of development teams. Drawing inspiration from Lean manufacturing principles, this session will explore the 7 key wastes commonly encountered in software development. These include partially done work, unnecessary features, knowledge gaps, task hand-offs, delays, task switching, and defects. Each of these wastes can create friction in the development process, slowing down teams and creating bottlenecks.

By examining each of these wastes, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how they show up in real-world workflows, and, more importantly, how to reduce or eliminate them. This session will provide actionable strategies for streamlining workflows, prioritizing work effectively, minimizing distractions, and improving the quality of code produced. Whether you're working alone or as part of a larger team, this session will equip you with the tools to identify and tackle waste head-on, making your development processes leaner, meaner, and more efficient.

Attendees will leave with a solid understanding of how to recognize these inefficiencies in their own projects and practical steps they can take to create a more productive, focused, and smooth development workflow.