<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Going beyond the principles presented in their earlier books on lean software development, The Lean Mindset is fundamentally about the design, development and delivery of exceptional products and services. It shows readers how lean design and development work and how a lean mindset is the key to creating breakthrough products. Through cutting-edge research and fascinating case studies from Spotify, Ericsson Networks, Intuit, GE Healthcare, Pixar, FBI/XRI, CareerBuilder, Intel, and many more, the Poppendiecks offer patterns for developing a lean mindset and cultivating product development teams that look and act more like startups and know how to delight customers.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Lean principles are woven throughout this book, just as they must be woven throughout the fabric of an organization with a lean mindset. Chapter 1: The Purpose of Business emphasizes the principle “Optimize the Whole,” taking the Shareholder Value Theory to task for the short term thinking it produces Chapter 2: Energized Workers is based on research that found that the most energizing human experience is pursuing a well-framed challenge. Energized Workers have a purpose that is larger than the company, and a direct line of sight between their effort and achieving that purpose. Chapter 3: Delighted Customers urges readers to “Focus on Customers,” understand what they really need, and make sure that the right products and services are developed. Chapter 4: Genuine Efficiency starts by emphasizing that authentic, sustainable efficiency does not mean layoffs, low costs, and controlling work systems. Organizations that understand the lean principle "Optimize the Whole" understand that in product development, efficiency is about building the right thing. Chapter 5: Breakthrough Innovation shows how vulnerable any company can be to disruptive technologies and how lean principles can help you develop breakthrough innovations before you get blindsided.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P>