Lee Reid

Lee Reid is a Sr. Value Stream Architect with Tasktop. Lee has over 25 years of experience in a variety of software development and lean transformation roles at two startup firms, two large firms, and one higher education institution. His experience ranges from software development in both waterfall and agile teams to leading IT and continuous improvement efforts. Lee has career certifications including TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect,The Open Group Distinguished IT Specialist, Lean Facilitator, and is a co-inventor of four US patents. Lee has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute, a Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Empowering Teams to Make Mission: Impossible Possible

September 17, 2021 | continuous improvement, product development teams, software developers, value stream management

“Your mission, should you choose to accept it….” That’s the way the original Mission: Impossible TV show and, later, the movie series drew us in. The bad guy’s operation was explained. The ...

A Daily Gemba Walk for a Software Delivery Organization?

July 24, 2020 | flow metrics, software delivery, value stream mapping

Lean thinking has had a substantial influence on helping enterprises to improve the flow of value across their software delivery organization. Yet, for many companies in what industry visionary Brian Solis calls ...