Lean Governance

Lean Governance emphasizes the importance of organizing for focus, flow, and efficiency. It highlights the need for seamless cooperation across functions while preventing disruptions through prioritization and hands-on management.

Lean Governance Principles

The organization’s investment is spent wisely
The teams are empowered to carry out their work
People are motivated to work together effectively
Risks are monitored and mitigated
The organizational ecosystem is sound
Everyone works in an open and collaborative manner

Focus on Deliveries

Efficiency is achieved by planning capacity to 80%, and focusing on a restricted number of projects to ensure timely launches. This approach leads to better business growth and profitability.

Visualization and Pulse Meetings

Visual Management structures with pulse boards and meetings are used to create engagement, speed, and commitment. These meetings drive progress and enforce cross-functional collaboration.

Cadence and Flow

Standardizing events into time-boxes enhances flow during the execution phase. Cross-functional activities and rigorous scheduling help level work in a multiproduct lean development system.

High-Performance Teams

Ambitious targets, knowledge, diversity, and transparent decision-making help build trust and motivation within teams, leading to high performance.

Leadership and Prioritization

Senior management drives the company by balancing different perspectives and prioritizing new and ongoing work. Teams make detailed plans based on prioritized outcomes.

Outcome-Based Strategy

Product vision, goals, and outcomes are defined to achieve measurable changes in customer behavior. Value-based prioritization ensures alignment with customer value and business ROI.

Lightweight Planning and Governance

Lean Governance enables continuous, iterative planning and delivery. It provides "just enough" guidance to achieve value-based delivery while fostering autonomy and flexibility.

Adaptive Learning Culture

Fostering a culture of experimentation and learning is crucial for adaptability and innovation. Psychological safety, structured experimentation, and continuous improvement are key elements.

Autonomous Teams

Small, autonomous teams working in small batches lead to faster learning, improved customer service, and better understanding of user needs. Autonomy reduces dependencies and empowers teams.

Collaborative Decision Making

Engaging multiple stakeholders in decision-making leads to innovative solutions, enhanced commitment, and improved relationships among team members.

Innovation Management

The management of innovation involves advanced knowledge acquisition, development of new products, and alignment of business processes to achieve desired outcomes.

Strategy Deployment

Continuous improvement and alignment between organizational levels are achieved through strategy deployment, or Hoshin Kanri. This process involves setting target conditions, measuring progress, and fostering cross-functional cooperation.

Mission Command

Decentralized, autonomous teams with the authority to make decisions and push changes to production are essential for achieving business outcomes at scale.