Muda - or the 7 Deadly Wastes

In the manufacturing world it is referred to the 7 wastes, or the Japanese term Muda. How does this apply to software development.

These all apply to software development in similar ways as they apply to a manufacturing facility.

For instance:

Transportation refers to moving things, which in software development may refer to electronically moving things through the process.
Inventory – The backlog of bugs, feature requests or other work.
Motion – Moving people, for instance in person meetings or walking to a different office for things that could be done over the phone, over Skype, IM, or other modern technology.
Waiting – Developers distracted by waiting for information, waiting for a build, waiting for test, etc.
Over Processing – depends a lot on the environment.
Over Production – doing more than what is asked for or needed.
Defects of Muda translates to Bugs in software.

Muda – or the 7 Deadly Wastes