JIT在軟體產業上,啟發了Lean Software Development的觀念,而Lean Software Development醞釀了Agile Software Development Method的兩個分支Scrum與Crystal Clear.在Implementing Lean Software Development - from Concept to Cash(Mary and Tom Poppendieck)這本書提出7個實作Lean的原則,呼應JIT的觀念,且反應軟體開發的特質.