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16 - Lean Workflow and Quality Assurance when Creating Software-Intensive Products and Services

from Part II - Lean Production across Industries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2021

Thomas Janoski
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Darina Lepadatu
Affiliation:
Kennesaw State University, Georgia
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It’s May 27, 1997. The Internet has been open to the public for six years. Linux is six years old. Amazon is three. Google doesn’t exist. The dotcom bubble hasn’t happened.

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The Cambridge International Handbook of Lean Production
Diverging Theories and New Industries around the World
, pp. 396 - 420
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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