Fundamentals Series
By Lori Mac Vittie, Kai Roer, Christopher Wright and
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About this series
Lean is a mindset rather than a methodology; it is a way of thinking based on practices, strategies, tools and methods that can be applied to maximise value and minimise waste while ensuring that processes achieve corporate goals.
Lean helps organisations in all sectors achieve their objectives by facilitating a long-term culture shift focusing on three fundamental areas: waste , customer value and continuous incremental improvement. A good assurance review will ensure that resources are being applied efficiently and effectively to achieve these objectives.
Product overview
Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects explains the fundamental concepts of Lean and how they can be applied to any project, including software development and organisational change.
It explains the jargon and dispels the mystique that surrounds Lean, providing readers with guidance and tips on performing audits or assurance reviews for Lean projects.
It also describes how Lean fits with Agile and Kanban, and how it can be combined with Six Sigma to create an efficient, high-quality approach. The book provides strong practical guidance for those tasked with providing assurance for Lean projects.
Read this book to learn about the approach and principles of Lean, the governance of Lean projects, and Lean audit and review. Topics covered include:
- The five main Lean principles and their significance.
- Tools used for root-cause analysis (the five whys and fishbone analysis).
- Defining and modelling customer value, and innovative responses to customer needs (the Kano model).
- Common causes of waste and how to improve flow.
- Customer pull and Kanban mechanisms to manage the associated flow of processing and information.
- The pursuit of perfection (Kaikaku and Kaizen) and total quality management (TQM).
- The application of Lean principles to software development.
- Practical suggestions for approaches to auditing.
As with all books in the Fundamentals Series, Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects introduces the subject and includes references for those who would like to further investigate specific areas.
Titles in the series (7)
- Web Application Security is a Stack: How to CYA (Cover Your Apps) Completely
1
This book is intended for application developers, system administrators and operators, as well as networking professionals who need a comprehensive top-level view of web application security in order to better defend and protect both the ‘web’ and the ‘application’ against potential attacks. This book examines the most common, fundamental attack vectors and shows readers the defence techniques used to combat them.
- Build a Security Culture
2
Understand how to create a culture that promotes cyber security within the workplace. Using his own experiences, the author highlights the underlying cause for many successful and easily preventable attacks.
- Reviewing IT in Due Diligence: Are you buying an IT asset or liability
3
Reviewing IT in Due Diligence provides an introduction to IRM in due diligence, and outlines some of the key IT issues to consider as part of the due diligence process. For those new to the process, it explains how to conduct an IT due diligence review, from scoping to reporting, and includes information on post-merger integration to realise business benefits from the deal. For more experienced practitioners, Reviewing IT in Due Diligence provides fresh insight into the process, highlighting issues that need to be addressed, and provides a business case for IRM involvement in the due diligence process.
- Two-Factor Authentication
4
This book discusses the various technical methods by which two-factor authentication is implemented, security concerns with each type of implementation, and contextual details to frame why and when these technologies should be used. Readers will be provided with insight about the reasons that two-factor authentication is a critical security control, events in history that have been important to prove why organisations and individuals would want to use two factor, and core milestones in the progress of growing the market.
- Fundamentals of Information Security Risk Management Auditing: An introduction for managers and auditors
6
An introductory guide to information risk management auditing, giving an interesting and useful insight into the risks and controls/mitigations that you may encounter when performing or managing an audit of information risk. Case studies and chapter summaries impart expert guidance to provide the best grounding in information risk available for risk managers and non-specialists alike.
- The Psychology of Information Security: Resolving conflicts between security compliance and human behaviour
5
The Psychology of Information Security – Resolving conflicts between security compliance and human behaviour considers information security from the seemingly opposing viewpoints of security professionals and end users to find the balance between security and productivity. It provides recommendations on aligning a security programme with wider organisational objectives, successfully managing change and improving security culture.
- Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects
An introduction to Lean thinking Lean is a mindset rather than a methodology; it is a way of thinking based on practices, strategies, tools and methods that can be applied to maximise value and minimise waste while ensuring that processes achieve corporate goals. Lean helps organisations in all sectors achieve their objectives by facilitating a long-term culture shift focusing on three fundamental areas: waste , customer value and continuous incremental improvement. A good assurance review will ensure that resources are being applied efficiently and effectively to achieve these objectives. Product overview Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects explains the fundamental concepts of Lean and how they can be applied to any project, including software development and organisational change. It explains the jargon and dispels the mystique that surrounds Lean, providing readers with guidance and tips on performing audits or assurance reviews for Lean projects. It also describes how Lean fits with Agile and Kanban, and how it can be combined with Six Sigma to create an efficient, high-quality approach. The book provides strong practical guidance for those tasked with providing assurance for Lean projects. Read this book to learn about the approach and principles of Lean, the governance of Lean projects, and Lean audit and review. Topics covered include: The five main Lean principles and their significance. Tools used for root-cause analysis (the five whys and fishbone analysis). Defining and modelling customer value, and innovative responses to customer needs (the Kano model). Common causes of waste and how to improve flow. Customer pull and Kanban mechanisms to manage the associated flow of processing and information. The pursuit of perfection (Kaikaku and Kaizen) and total quality management (TQM). The application of Lean principles to software development. Practical suggestions for approaches to auditing. As with all books in the Fundamentals Series, Fundamentals of Assurance for Lean Projects introduces the subject and includes references for those who would like to further investigate specific areas.
Lori Mac Vittie
Lori Mac Vittie has extensive development and technical architecture experience in both high-tech and enterprise organisations , in addition to network and systems administration expertise. Prior to joining F5, Lori was an award-winning technology editor at Network Computing Magazine. She holds a BS in information and computing science from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, and an MS in computer science from Nova Southeastern University. She is technical editor and member of the steering committee for CloudNOW, a non-profit consortium of the leading women in Cloud computing.
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