Overview

Building on their breakthrough bestsellers Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck’s latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive high-value change throughout a software organization—and make it stick. They go far beyond generic implementation guidelines, demonstrating exactly how to make lean work in real projects, environments, and companies. The Poppendiecks organize this book around the crucial concept of frames, the unspoken mental constructs that shape our perspectives and control our behavior in ways we rarely notice. For software leaders and team members, some frames lead to long-term failure, while others offer a strong foundation for success. Drawing on decades of experience, the authors present twenty-four frames that offer a coherent, complete framework for leading lean software development. You’ll discover powerful new ways to act as competency leader, product champion, improvement mentor, front-line leader, and even visionary. Systems thinking: focusing on customers, bringing predictability to demand, and revamping policies that cause inefficiency Technical excellence: implementing low-dependency architectures, TDD, and evolutionary development processes, and promoting deeper developer expertise Reliable delivery: managing your biggest risks more effectively, and optimizing both workflow and schedules Relentless improvement: seeing problems, solving problems, sharing the knowledge Great people: finding and growing professionals with purpose, passion, persistence, and pride Aligned leaders: getting your entire leadership team on the same page From the world’s number one experts in Lean software development, Leading Lean Software Development will be indispensable to everyone who wants to transform the promise of lean into reality—in enterprise IT and software companies alike.

Full Product Details

Author:   Mary Poppendieck ,  Tom Poppendieck
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780321620705

ISBN 10:   0321620704
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword        xi Introduction: Framing        xiii Acknowledgments        xxi Chapter 1: Systems Thinking        1 A Different Way to Run an Airline     2 Frame 1: Customer Focus     6 Frame 2: System Capability     13 Frame 3: End-to-End Flow     19 Frame 4: Policy-Driven Waste      24 Portrait: Product Champion, Take 1     36 Your Shot      42 Chapter 2: Technical Excellence        45 Facts, Fads, and Fallacies     46 Frame 5: Essential Complexity      63 Frame 6: Quality by Construction     70 Frame 7: Evolutionary Development     83 Frame 8: Deep Expertise      89 Portrait: Competency Leader     95 Your Shot     97 Chapter 3: Reliable Delivery        101 Race to the Sky     102 Frame 9: Proven Experience     108 Frame 10: Level Workflow     114 Frame 11: Pull Scheduling     129 Frame 12: Adaptive Control     143 Portrait: Product Champion, Take 2     147 Your Shot     150 Chapter 4: Relentless Improvement        153 Sick Hospitals     154 Frame 13: Visualize Perfection     159 Frame 14: Establish a Baseline     163 Frame 15: Expose Problems      169 Frame 16: Learn to Improve      173 Portrait: Manager as Mentor      183 Your Shot      185 Chapter 5: Great People        187 Cultural Assumptions     188 Frame 17: Knowledge Workers     196 Frame 18: The Norm of Reciprocity     200 Frame 19: Mutual Respect      203 Frame 20: Pride of Workmanship     209 Portrait: Front-Line Leaders     212 Your Shot     216 Chapter 6: Aligned Leaders        219 Agile@IBM     220 Frame 21: From Theory to Practice     228 Frame 22: Governance     230 Frame 23: Alignment     236 Frame 24: Sustainability     242 Portrait: Leaders at All Levels     244 Bibliography        247 Index        257

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Mary Poppendieck has led teams implementing various solutions ranging from enterprise supply chain management to digital media. Mary is the president of Poppendieck LLC, which specializes in bringing lean techniques to software development. Tom Poppendieck, an enterprise analyst, architect, and agile process mentor, currently assists organizations in applying lean principles and tools to software development processes. The Poppendiecks are authors of Lean Software Development, winner of the 2004 Jolt Software Development Productivity Award, and Implementing Lean Software Development (both from Addison-Wesley).

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