Lean integration

Abstract: Lean integration aims at a fundamental change in top-down design by following the path from CISC to RISC. The central idea is a lean cell, which has a tree-shaped nMOS network with input ports placed at the end of an every branch of the tree. A lean cell has flexibility of transistor-level circuit design and full compatibility with conventional cell-based design. An extremely simple lean-cell library with only 7 cells and a synthesis tool called "Circuit Inventor", which uses the lean cells, are developed and they are compared with the conventional "complex" CMOS library that has over 60 cells. The results show that the area, the delay, and the power dissipation are improved by lean integration and performance cost ratio is improved by a factor of three. >

Abstract: Lean Integration is an excellent resource for anyone struggling with the challenges of performing integration for a complex enterprise. Steve J. Dennis, Integration Competency Center Director, Nike Use Lean Techniques to Integrate Enterprise Systems Faster, with Far Less Cost and Risk By some estimates, 40 percent of IT budgets are devoted to integration. However, most organizations still attack integration on a project-by-project basis, causing unnecessary expense, waste, risk, and delay. They struggle with integration hairballs: complex point-to-point information exchanges that are expensive to maintain, difficult to change, and unpredictable in operation. The solution is Lean Integration. This book demonstrates how to use proven lean techniques to take control over the entire integration process. John Schmidt and David Lyle show how to establish integration factories that leverage the powerful benefits of repeatability and continuous improvement across every integration project you undertake. Drawing on their immense experience, Schmidt and Lyle bring together best practices; solid management principles; and specific, measurable actions for streamlining integration development and maintenance. Whether youre an IT manager, project leader, architect, analyst, or developer, this book will help you systematically improve the way you integrateadding value that is both substantial and sustainable. Coverage includes Treating integration as a business strategy and implementing management disciplines that systematically address its people, process, policy, and technology dimensions Providing maximum business flexibility and supporting rapid change without compromising stability, quality, control, or efficiency Applying improvements incrementally without Boiling the Ocean Automating processes so you can deliver IT solutions fasterwhile avoiding the pitfalls of automation Building in both data and integration quality up front, rather than inspecting quality in later More than a dozen in-depth case studies that show how real organizations are applying Lean Integration practices and the lessons theyve learned Visit integrationfactory.com for additional resources, including more case studies, best practices, templates, software demos, and reference links, plus a direct connection to lean integration practitioners worldwide.