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Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management
by Masaaki Imai
from McGraw-Hill
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Go to Gemba in Software Development 
"Gemba" is a Japanese word meaning "'the real place' where real action occurs: where products are developed ... and made, and where services are provided. [Improvement] should be focused [in gemba] where they'll do the most good."
Software developers and testers: enjoy reading a quality improvement book that puts you and your work at the center. Managers and executives: be refreshed about what your workers need from you, and what you can expect of your workers.
Masaaki Imai has half a century of... more info
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Brief and to the Point
This is a delightful little book that provides important insights into how an organization can be successful by continuously looking at improving its operations, enhance efficiencies and refining operations. This would result in improved quality, productivity and ultimately profit for an organization but without the upheavals and pain associated with the likes of business process reengineering which is advocated by some people.
The author advocates the adoption of lean manufacturing principles,... more info
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Texan's don't like it! 
Not as good as others out there, especially the Kaizen Event Implementation Manual. No details or real life information.
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Gemba -- Place where action happens
As a practitioner and instructor of lean and six sigma, I recommend this book a lot. Gemba is a vitally important concept that often gets overlooked or gets overshadowed by our data, especially in an increasingly e-driven world. Gemba Kaizen is especially useful for engineers and supervisors, who may not have extensive TPS experience, who need a practical guide for applying lean principals in their workplace. It has a nice glossary at the beginning. It has good sections on visual management (5S) and... more info
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