In less than one week, on Saturday February 18, the early bird period
for the Lean Software and Systems Conference 2012 (LSSC12) will end. Not only
will you get the lowest ticket price during this period, you get the $300 value
Lean Camp 1-day unconference for free. So be sure to get your ticket soon!

We have been working very hard on LSSC12 for the past few months. We are very
proud to be able to present a conference with such an amazing program filled
with outstanding speakers. Even more great speakers will be added through the
Call for Participation. Last week the Brickell Key Award nominees were chosen
and the group of nominees clearly shows that we have a healthy and thriving
community. We'll also have some great special events surrounding the conference
like Lean Camp, Lean Action Kitchen, some great tutorials and the exclusive
Executive Summit.

Remember #lssc12 in Boston 13-18 May is _the_ and your Kanban conference in
North America in 2012. We do this for you, for our community and for the growth
of a Kanban as a solution to the complex challenges in managing knowledge work.
Don't miss out! Get the best deal available before it ends.

Follow @leanssc on Twitter and LSSC12 on facebook to get updates on LSSC12.

On Sunday May 13, Lean Camp will take place. This inspiring event will be the start of the conference and will be an open space format. It will open up minds and get ideas flowing!

Participants interested in attending Lean Camp must register in advance and pay a $300 registration fee.

If you register before February 18, 2012, you will receive this event FREE!

So register now!

Also don't forget to include Lean Action Kitchen to your registration ($100) for a Lean culinary end to a Lean Sunday!

Some special events have been organised around LSSC12. One of them is Lean Action Kitchen. Jim Benson will demonstrate lean concepts and teach some cooking basics in the ACTION KITCHEN.

Janice Linden-Reed asked Lean Kitchen Chef Jim Benson some questions to find out what this special event is all about! Read it here.

Do you want to see Jim in action? Don't forget to add Lean Action Kitchen to your registration form! Space is extremely limited so sign up soon!

Speakers for LeanSSC12 are quickly being confirmed! Visit the 'Speakers' tab to see who will be presenting in Boston at the 2012 conference.

We will continue to add new confirmed speakers to the "Invited Speakers" and "Main Stage" tabs over the next several weeks. Invited speakers will be identified by tracks, including Kanban, Risk, Culture & Leadership and Systems Engineering.

Check back often (or follow @LeanSSC on Twitter) to see who the latest speakers are for LeanSSC12!

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

The Lean Software and Systems Consortium (LeanSSC) formally announced the keynote speakers today for the upcoming Lean Software & Systems Conference 2012 (LSSC12) May 13-18, 2012, in Boston, MA. The chosen keynote speakers are all internationally-recognized authors and experts in their respective industries.

The LSSC12 keynote presentations will be by:

Steven Spear

Steven J. Spear is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Spear is an internally-recognized expert about leadership, innovation, and operational excellence, and he is an authority on how select companies generate unmatchable performance by converting improvement and innovation from the rare kiss of inspiration to repeatable, broad-based, skill-based disciplines. His book, The High Velocity Edge, has won numerous awards including the Philip Crosby Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 2011.

Gregory Howell

Gregory A. Howell is co-founder and managing director of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit organization devoted to production management research in design and construction. Howell brings 35 years of construction industry project management, consulting and university-level teaching experience to LCI. He co-authored Productivity Improvement in Construction with Clark Oglesby and Henry Parker.

Yochai Benkler

Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Since the 1990s he has played a part in characterizing the role of information commons and decentralized collaboration to innovation, information production, and freedom in the networked economy and society. His books include The Wealth of Networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom, which won academic awards from the American Political Science Association, the American Sociological Association, and the McGannon award for social and ethical relevance in communications.

David J. Anderson, conference chair and Vice President of the LeanSSC said, “In every Lean Software and Systems conference, we have tried to present speakers who would expand and challenge the worldview of the attendees. We want to inform, engage, and inspire this community in the spirit of the lean ideology of continuous improvement. Steven Spear, Yochai Benkler, and Gregory Howell will bring these new perspectives. Their involvement in our community will challenge our thinking and spark a new wave of innovation and learning.”

More details about these speakers and LSSC12 are available on the conference website at http://lssc12.leanssc.org.

About the Lean Software & Systems Conference

The Lean Software and Systems Conference emphasizes Lean concepts representing the next wave of ideas in methods, process and organization for software and systems engineering. It brings together an international community of practitioners, consultants, thought leaders and authors to cross-pollinate ideas and foster a sense of community for those promoting better economic and sociological outcomes in their workplace.

The Lean Software and Systems Conference focuses on Lean, Pull Systems and the Kanban Method and how each can be used to improve predictability, frequency of delivery, risk management and quality. Kanban is a term used to describe a type of pull system and is originally found in lean manufacturing. In Kanban for knowledge work, development processes are streamlined by better coordination driven primarily by improved visibility and greater focus on highest value work. Knowledge work environments such as software development have special challenges since inefficiencies are harder to pinpoint due to the absence of physical inventory and the constant variation in the work produced.

Conference chairman David J. Anderson is an expert on business agility and author of “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business”.

About the Lean Software and Systems Consortium

The Lean Software and Systems Consortium (LeanSSC) is a non-profit organization of corporate members, academic institutions, and industry leaders who share the belief that the science of lean offers benefits to software intensive industries. LeanSSC’s mission is to promote professionalism and create awareness of lean science and associated competencies through community, communication and education. The LeanSSC is based in Washington, USA.

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