Lean concepts have become more and more popular in software development. Coming from the manufacturing world, understanding these concepts and how they can apply to your software development efforts can help you to deliver faster and more reliably. Join Mike as he makes the case for integrating lean software development principles into your software development methodology.

Mike Clement is a husband, father of four, and currently a Distinguished Software Engineer at Hunter Industries. He believes we work best when we are working together and that there are no best practices—only better and worse ones depending on the context. Some leading practices he is passionate about are Test Driven Development, Pair and Mob Programming, User Story Mapping, Domain Driven Design and Open Space Technology. Passionate about raising the bar of technical excellence in the software development community, he is a founder of the Utah Software Craftsmanship group, and founder and organizer of Software Crafters Atlanta, the Software Crafters Unconference, the Engineering Leadership Summit, and the Lean+Agile Atlanta Unconference.