Lean Software Development Expert
Mary Poppendieck is an American software development leader and co author, with Tom Poppendieck, of Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit, which brought lean production principles to the software industry. She built one of 3M's first just in time lean production systems and has over 25 years of IT experience.
by Mary Poppendieck
Poppendieck applies lean principles to software, arguing that sustainable speed comes from reducing waste and empowering teams. The shift is from manageing output to optimizing for continuous learning.
The books Mary Poppendieck references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Eric Ries
Ries argues most startups fail by building products nobody wants. The solution: treat your business as an experiment, measure validated learning, and pivot before you run out of cash.
by Frederick Brooks
Brooks argues that adding more programmers to a late project makes it later - a principle now known as Brooks' Law. The deeper insight: software complexity grows faster than headcount, making communication the real bottleneck.
Who Mary draws from, and who draws from Mary — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.