The Lean approach draws inspiration from the Toyota Production System for vehicle manufacturing, where the entire production line is shut down in the event of a defect.

Lean is essentially about empowering coders and eliminating bugs early, Dodds said.

What benefits Agile brings include better handling of changing requirements, encouraging higher quality, and lowering maintenance costs.

It is about improving business alignment with IT, he said.

He adds that Agile helps increase visibility into project progress and mitigating risk, while at the same time heightening staff engagement/alignment.