Chapter VII. Introduction to Current Techniques for Effective ICT Development

Implementing Lean software development can lead to productivity gains of between 20% and 40% and that quality and speed of execution can improve markedly within a matter of months. Both valuable benefits when the cost of developing and maintaining applications now account for about 50% of the average I.T. budget – a Figure that is set to rise in the future (McKinsey report dubbed "Applying Lean to Application Development and Maintenance 2007).

Until recently, many firms had bought business intelligence systems at a departmental level, resulting in myriad different tools being used across the business. Firms are now looking across the business to ensure a consistent, standardized approach to analyzing and measuring data which should also boost operational efficiency (Computer Weekly 2007).