Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain insights about the applicability of Lean principles in software industry along with the Lean implementation issues. Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory case studies have been carried out in five software companies. Data were collected by...

Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the concept of leanness and provide an effective assessment tool for measuring leanness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach: A hybrid interpretive structural modelling–analytical network process (ISM-ANP) approach is used to...

Purpose In software development (SD), practitioners have realized the importance of lean thinking. A new term “Leagile” is coined, which is an integrated approach of traditional lean and agile thinking to managing the operations. The study aims to investigate the application of the Leagile...