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  • Applicability of Lean Principles and Kanban Method in Managing SaaS Delivery Projects and Tasks
    (2018-11-07) Rantala, Jesse
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
    In software as a service project delivery, projects are implemented in a tight collaboration with customer, with fast and changing requirements. Generally, companies being able to answer fast and with quality to requests and issues prevail. To manage scope and requirements and deliver fast and with quality, a set of good practices, methods and tools in both project and task management are needed. Lean and Kanban are trending principles and methods in software industry to manage projects and continuously deliver value to customers. The research problem this Master's Thesis addresses is: How can Lean principles and Kanban method improve task and project management throughout the lifecycle of SaaS delivery projects? To answer our research problem, we conducted an action research in medium sized Finnish software company. Our empirical study focused on studying company's current project and task management, their challenges and best practices. In our literature review, we studied concepts of Kanban and Lean, their characteristics and found benefits. Later we concluded our empirical and literature studies together and created a list of concrete improvement suggestions and guidelines for task and project management. Kanban and Lean provide multiple benefits for task and project management, especially when there are challenges with task transparency, team collaboration and having a clear development process. Kanban and Lean together with best practices steer project work more towards fast deliveries, better knowledge sharing, improved collaboration and faster reactions to changes and bottlenecks. The preliminary results from a pilot team that took Kanban and Lean into use speak for mentioned benefits. Furthermore, unifying and harmonizing task and project management processes under same online tool help in management and following best practices. This tool should be shared with customers for better collaboration and value co-creation.
  • Contactless payment: technologies, security and value for Finnish retailers
    (2015-04-19) Rantala, Jesse
     Perustieteiden korkeakoulu | Bachelor's thesis