Mary considered retirement 1998, but instead found herself managing a government software project where she first encountered the word waterfall. The book restates traditional lean principles, as well as a set of 22 tools and compares the tools to corresponding agile practices. In 2003, mary and tom poppendiecks lean software development introduced breakthrough development techniques that leverage lean principles to deliver unprecedented agility and value. We talk to mary poppendieck, cofounder of lean software development, taking us from development to leadership to the whole lean mindset. Conference to talk about agile, lean, rapid feedback, culture and leadership. Mary is a popular writer and speaker, and coauthor of the book lean software development, which was awarded the software development productivity award in 2004. Login to oreilly online learning to watch the full keynote. She spearheaded the implementation of a justintime system in a 3m videotape manufacturing plant and led new product development teams, commercializing products ranging from digital controllers to 3m light fiber. Made famous by mary and tom poppendieck in their book lean software development.
When mary compared her experience in successful software and product development to the prevailing opinions about how to manage software projects, she decided the time had come for a new paradigm. Hopefully we dont have to wait for another generation of accountants to retire before delivering software rapidly, in small increments, is considered a good thing. Tom poppendieck was creating systems to support concurrent development of commercial airliner navigation devices as early as 1985. Lean was first popularly exposed to the agile software development community with the publication of mary and tom poppendieck s book lean software development. Along the way, they introduce 22 thinking tools that can help you customize the right agile practices. She moved on to manage the itdepartment of a manufacturing plant and then ended up in the product development, where she was both a product champion and a department manager. Along the way, they introduce 22 thinking tools that can help you customize the right agile practices for any environment. Lean software development combines two successful approaches to management. Mary poppendieck quotes author of lean software development. Mary poppendieck explained how to hunt down the biggest wastes in software development and search for their root causes. Oreilly software architecture conference 2020 new york. Mary poppendieck on the role of leadership in software.
Moreover, the success of many of the practices of agile software development can be explained by understanding the principles of lean software development. Mary is currently the president of poppendieck llc, a consulting firm specializing in bringing lean production techniques to software development. We will talk about lean principles, how lean has evolved over the last 17 years, how its grown into the devops movement, the symbiotic relationship between tech and lean, how the lean mindset can be applied across organizations, the experience of being the. Mary considered retirement in 1998, but decided to focus instead on helping bring to the world a new paradigm. Tom poppendieck has 25 years of experience in computing including eight years of work with object technology. Ali2019 keynote interview mary poppendieck with agile lean ireland 2019 only a few short months away, we had a chat with one of our keynote speakers, mary poppendieck, to find out her thoughts on topics ranging from eliminating proxies, lean, scaling agile, and more. As a problem gets worse, managers apply even more aggressively the very policies that are causing the problem. Tom has been in computing for 25 years, working with healthcare, logistics, mortgage banking, and travel services, and he holds a. A sequel, implementing lean software development, was published in 2006, and leading lean software development in 2009, and the lean mindset in 20. An agile toolkit in 2003 to explain how the lean principles from. Ali2019 keynote interview mary poppendieck agilelean.
Last week, i invited the readers of shmula to pose questions to mary poppendieck, the author of lean software development. Lean well known for its impact in the manufacturing sector and familiar to management through their business school training and agile which, especially in the. Mary poppendieck agilelean ireland 2020 conference. But in lean software development, mary and tom poppendieck take lean in. Mary has found retirement elusive as she lectures and teaches classes with.
Principles of lean thinking mary poppendieck poppendieck. Tom poppendieck is a physicist and a photographer whose modeling and mentoring skills are rooted in his work as a physics professor. Matt heusser took the opportunity to sit down with mary and tom before their conference presentation to discuss some of the issues in software development today and what we can do about them. A popular writer and speaker, mary s classes on lean software development offer a fresh perspective on product development in general and software development in particular. Mary considered retirement but found herself managing a government software project where she first encountered the word waterfall. Two kinds of software developmentprocess support product developmentthe application development software. An agile toolkit, which was awarded the software development. Now their widely anticipated sequel and companion guide shows exactly how to implement lean software development, handson. She has managed software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development. A couple of years ago, my former manager david denton forwarded me a recorded presentation by mary poppendieck, a leading agile software development expert and coauthor of the popular book leading lean software development. An agile toolkit, mary and tom poppendieck s latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive highvalue change throughout a software organization and make it stick.
Like he notes that the policies established to solve a problem will often exacerbate the problem, creating a downward spiral. Mary and tom poppendieck, implementing lean software. Author of lean software development, implementing lean software development, leading lean. Lean software development is a translation of lean manufacturing principles and practices to. Mary poppendieck started her career as a process control programmer, moved on. An agile toolkit for software development managers paperback, which won the software development productivity award in 2004 and, the sequel implementing lean software development. Mary poppendieck at the european lean it summit youtube. An agile toolkit in 2003 to explain how the lean principles from manufacturing offer a. The poppendiecks involvement in the agile software development community, including talks at several agile conferences has. And it was a series of thoughtprovoking and inspiring keynote addresses delivered by some of the worlds top software architecture thinkers and practitioners e. From concept to cash paperback were recently interviewed on the history of lean, or the toyota production system, and how the software.
Software circus cloudnative conference keynote by peter jacobs. My name is mike bria and im here with mary and tom poppendieck the authors of the popular lean software books lean software development, implementing lean software development and leading lean. Building on their breakthrough bestsellers lean software development. An agile toolkit, the seven wastes of software development are. Mary is a popular writer and speaker and coauthor of the book lean software development. Mary and tom poppendieck, the author of lean software development. What i love about the book lean software development by mary and tom. Concept to cash and implementing lean software development. Mary gave a wonderful keynote at the scandinavian agile conference 2018 called proxies and permissions. Watching the video on the infoq website is a bit kludgey and mary has lots of wonderful details that are worth hearing. She wrote the awardwinning book lean software development. Lean software development ieee conference publication. She decided the time had come for a new paradigm and wrote the awardwinning book lean software development. Mary poppendieck software development conference qcon.
In lean software development, mary and tom poppendieck identify seven fundamental lean principles, adapt them for the world of software development, and show how they can serve as the foundation for agile development approaches that work. Jakobsen and poppendieck 2011 present the use of lean software development poppendieck and poppendieck, 2003 as a driver for optimizing software processes, using a3 problem solving shook. Peter jacobs, replaced ron van kemenade as cio of ing netherlands in 20. To summarize, the cost center trap and the capitalization dilemma both create a chain reaction. Lean thinkinghave resided on my bookshelf for years. Key driver of the lean software development movement mary poppendieck has been in the information technology industry for over thirty years. Her approach identifies real business value and enables product teams to realize that value. This presentation was recorded at goto berlin 2016. In the it industry for more than thirty years, mary poppendieck has managed software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development. The agility forum was founded by manufacturers in the early 1990s. Tom has been in computing for 25 years, working with healthcare, logistics, mortgage banking, and travel services, and he holds a ph.
The term lean software development originated in a book by the same name, written by mary poppendieck and tom poppendieck in 2003. Mary poppendieck started her career as a process control programmer, moved on to manage the it department of a manufacturing plant, and then ended up in product development, where she was both a product champion and department manager. An agile toolkit by mary poppendieck and tom poppendieck, addisonwesley professional, 2003, provides twenty two tools for converting lean principles into agile software development practices. Thought leaders throughout the software community are taking over the techwell hub for a day to introduce themselves, answer questions, and engage in conversations mary poppendieck is a writer, speaker, and coauthor of the book lean software development.
Craig catches up with two luminaries in the agile and lean space, mary and tom poppendieck at yow. John and damon talk to mary and tom poppendieck about their groundbreaking work translating lean product development principles to software development, the seven deadly sins, containers. From concept to cash paperback which will be available. Making the link between lean and software development and discovering that waterfall makes no sense the origins of the first book. Ings agile transformation, an interview with peter jacobs, cio of ing netherlands, and bart schlatmann, former coo of ing netherlands, in mckinsey quarterly, january 2017. Author and lean software development expert, lean software development series website mary poppendieck started her career as a process control programmer, moved on to manage the it department of a manufacturing plant, and then ended up in product development, where she was both a product champion and department manager. The lean mindset shows how lean companies really work, and how a lean. The extensive literature on agile and lean industrial product development in. The authors of implementing lean software development and the forthcoming leading lean software development, mary poppendieck and tom poppendieck will be speaking at agile 2009. Although if you are familiar with lean from conferences, workshops andor company.
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