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Muda

Japanese for "waste" — the core Lean category of activities that don't add customer value.

Lean concept adopted into Agile. SAFe explicitly invokes muda; LeSS invokes through lean thinking.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

SAFe
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

LeSS
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

Nexus
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

Related Terms

Lean ThinkingValue Stream MappingKaizen
Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.