Mary and Tom Poppendieck on Lean Software

Published August 25th, 2010 Under Lean, Project Management | Leave a Comment

Mary and Tom discuss the history of Lean, and what they feel are the most important things for software teams and organizations to thrive.Results are not the point, the point is growing your people, converting them into effective problem solvers who are relentlessly improving. If everybody in the organization is a problem solver, you’ll get steadily better and better.

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Mary Poppendieck Introduces the Book “Leading Lean Software Development”

Published March 22nd, 2010 Under Lean, Project Management | Leave a Comment

Mary Poppendieck talks about her last book “Leading Lean Software Development”, a book for the product, program and all C-level managers, showing them how to apply agile principles and practices starting from the realization that development teams are not successful if they are not in the same boat with their managers.

http://www.infoq.com/interviews/Leading-Lean-Software-Development

The Tyranny of “The Plan”

Published January 20th, 2010 Under Lean, Project Management | Leave a Comment

A flow system requires focus on reliable handoffs and system throughput, not on utilization. It requires creative people who vigilantly address problems and improve the workflow. It requires a leadership team that understands “Results are Not the Point” – the real point is to create a system and grow people who are capable of delivering excellent results over the long term.

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/tyranny-of-plan

Deliberate Practice in Software Development

Published October 23rd, 2009 Under Project Management | Leave a Comment

In the nature vs. nurture debate, researchers have declared nurture the winner. People who excel are the ones who work the hardest; it takes ten+ years of deliberate practice to become an expert. Deliberate practice is not about putting in hours, it’s about working to improve performance. It does not mean doing what you are good at; it means challenging yourself under the guidance of a teacher.

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The Role of Leadership in Software Development

Published February 9th, 2009 Under Project Management, Scrum | Leave a Comment

When you look around, there are a lot of leaders recommended for software development. We have the functional manager and the project manager, the scrum master and the black belt, the product owner and the customer-on-site, the technical leader and the architect, the product manager and the chief engineer.  Clearly that’s too many leaders. So how many leaders should there be, what should they do, what shouldn’t they do, and what skills do they need? This will be a presentation and discussion of leadership roles in software development — what works, what doesn’t and why. Presentation at Google Tech Talks, May 6, 2008 by Mary Poppendieck.

Agiles 2008 – Final Discussion Panel

Published January 19th, 2009 Under Agile, Lean | Leave a Comment

Discussion panel at the end of the Agiles 2008 conference in Buenos Aires. The debate was around “The future of Agile”, featuring Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Tobias Mayer, Micah Martin, Matt Gelbwaks and Dave Nicolette.

Mary and Tom Poppendieck on using Lean for Competitive Advantage

Published February 21st, 2008 Under Agile, Lean, Scrum | Leave a Comment

Lean software gurus Mary and Tom Poppendieck share their years of practical experience, as they speak on the history of Lean thinking, the value of fast delivery and deferred committment, their use of Value Stream Mapping to identify and reduce waste, the importance of identifying and dealing well with cross-organizational and inter-organizational boundaries, and how Lean relates to RUP and Scrum.

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