Lean

Lean, leaning or LEAN may refer to:

Business practices

 * Lean thinking, a business methodology adopted in various fields
 * Lean construction, an adaptation of lean manufacturing principles to the design and construction process
 * Lean government, application of lean thinking to government
 * Lean higher education, application of lean manufacturing principles in Higher Education
 * Lean integration, application of lean manufacturing principles to data and systems integration
 * Lean IT, application of lean manufacturing principles to the development and management of information technology (IT) products and services
 * Lean laboratory, application of lean manufacturing principles in a laboratory
 * Lean manufacturing, a process improvement discipline
 * Lean product development, lean thinking applied to product development
 * Lean project management, application of lean concepts to project management
 * Lean services, application of lean manufacturing principles in a service operation
 * Lean software development, lean manufacturing principles applied to software development
 * Lean startup, how to start a company in a lean way

Other uses

 * Lean (proof assistant), a mathematics tool
 * Lean (drug), based on cough syrup
 * Le'an County, in Jiangxi, China
 * Lean meat, meat with little fat content
 * An alternate name of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), a fish
 * A slight advantage for one candidate in political forecasting
 * Lean House, a religious lodging in Santa Rosa, Cauca, Colombia

People with the surname

 * Big Lean, a Canadian rapper
 * David Lean, English film director, producer and editor
 * Hooi Hooi Lean, Malaysian economist
 * Jonathan Lean, former Dean of St Davids Cathedral
 * Yung Lean, a Swedish musician