Lean from the Trenches

Chapter 17Agile and Lean in a Nutshell

Probably most people reading this book have a basic understanding of Agile and Lean principles, but this quick summary will remind those less familiar with the techniques and demonstrate how they tie in with the associated methods Scrum, XP, and Kanban.

Broadly speaking, Lean and Agile are two sets of highly compatible values and principles that outline how to succeed with product development. Scrum, XP, and Kanban are three concrete ways of putting these principles into practice. In other words, they are three slightly overlapping flavors of Lean and Agile software development.

Scrum and XP and Kanban ...