5S in the IT Industry

Did you know that you could apply 5S not only to manufacturing but the IT industry as well?

The benefits of 5S within the IT industry are endless though a few noteworthy are:

1. Lowered costs - through iterative development as opposed to waterfall methodology. Errors can be spotted immediately saving time and costs

2. Enhanced quality - regular peer reviews during the development phases enables minimal errors

3. Effective collaboration - peer reviews enables more interaction within the team which could ignite innovative thinking and incremental improvements