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Lean Software Development in Action

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In the previous chapters, we have looked at the components we foresee in Lean software engineering and at the conceptual model how they can be combined. In this chapter we report about three case studies in which we implemented Lean software development as described before. The three examples will clarify how the described concepts interact and which role they fulfill.

ché non fa scïenza, sanza lo ritenere, avere inteso.

(There is no knowledgewithout the ability to retain what has been heard.) Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia, Paradiso, Canto V, 41-42

Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia, Paradiso, Canto V, 41-42

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    We use the structure proposed by [78] to report about the three action research cases.

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