Mary Poppendieck
Keynote
As Information Systems Manager in a video tape manufacturing plant, Mary first encountered the Toyota Production System, which later became known as Lean Production. She implemented one of the first Just-in-Time systems in 3M, resulting in dramatic improvements in the plant's performance.
Three times Mary has partnered with small companies, twice negotiating and funding a multi-million dollar equity investment. But understanding small companies from the investor point of view was not enough; so she joined one of the start-ups to lead its R&D effort.
A popular writer and speaker, Mary’s classes on managing software development offer a fresh perspective on project management. Her book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, was published in 2003 and won the Software Development Productivity Award in 2004. A sequel, Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash, was published in 2006, and Leading Lean Software Development: Results are Not the Point, was published in November, 2009.
Track abstract - Keynote
Software Doesn't Matter
Our job is not about software, it’s about the system, the customer, the delivered value. Therefore we need to learn how to manage our work with continuous feedback loops that are large enough to include the whole system, experiments that are valid enough to reliably identify value, and creative thinking that extends all the way from the development team to its ultimate customer.
