(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- There are many books that seek to explain lean and agile software development that offer theory, techniques, and examples. Michael K. Levine’s first book, A Tale of Two Systems (Productivity Press, 2009), is one of the best, synthesizing lean manufacturing and product development with agile software concepts in an engaging business novel. However, there has been precious little practical guidance for those seeking to change existing organizations to become lean and agile, until now. Levine has followed the successful approach of A Tale of Two Systems, telling two simultaneous intertwined and contrasting stories, to bring organizational transformation to life.

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