MARY POPPENDIECK is a seasoned leader in both operations and new product development with more than 25 years’ of IT experience. She has led teams implementing solutions ranging from enterprise supply chain management to digital media, and built one of 3M’s first JustInTime lean production systems. Mary is currently the Managing Director of the AgileAlliance (a leading non profit organization promoting agile software development) and President of Poppendieck LLC.
Her book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit brings lean production techniques to software development. See: LeanSoftwareDevelopment