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This research addresses a known set of issues with Agile Software Development through a unique form of solution. In fact, the research approach can be considered as one of the first ever research to propose a hybrid process paradigm to overcome Agile process issues with the assistance of Lean manufacturing principles. Research results show a significant improvement for the normal Agile practices, which indeed a unique and worthy finding for Agile practitioners. After years of being practiced in the industry the Agile software development process possesses standard characteristics of a process paradigm (Perera, 2009). However, due to the inherited higher degree of flexibility and the exceptional abstract nature of the process principles, Agile process heavily depends upon the project and people norms once it is implemented. Having more flexibility is a better attribute for a process, if it is used by competent experts who can take productive decisions at right moments. However, depending too much on expert knowledge to process and product adjustments is a questionable concern to a growing project with rapid changes to its development and releases. Software applications are complex and intangible products, which are difficult to manage. Hence Software Lifecycle management becomes one of the key research areas in software engineering. Due to the nature of the software, software researchers and practitioners are focused on improving the software processes which are used to develop software. The underline assumption is that there is a direct correlation between the quality of the process and the quality of the developed software (Fuggetta, 2000). A software process can be considered as a set of tools, methods and practices, we use to produce a software product (Humphrey, 2006). These are the prime parameters, also known as Key Process Areas (KPAs), that differentiate the process based software development from ad-hoc programming. Identifying KPAs is one of the main considerations when a certain process model to be improved (Fatina, 2005). In this research, the KPAs of Agile practice were studied and reviewed for required improvements, considering criticisms on those. Specially, the driving KPAs of Agile practice such as, the non-standardized process flow, reliance on key people, and immense flexibility were the considerations for this study. Then the Lean principle for possible key practices to incorporate with classical Agile practice was examined. 10

A Blended Process Model for Agile Software Development with Lean Concept