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Event description: It's a classic story. Software costs too much, takes too long, and despite heroic efforts, customers are still not happy. Many leadership teams have wrestled with these problems, and many solutions have been tried. This session will not propose any silver bullets, but it will provide some useful ways to frame the problem. We will follow a large company as it attempts to turn theory into practice, uncover barriers to sustainable change, and look in unexpected places for the root cause of the software crisis. Finally, we will discuss governance and the role of the leadership team in developing software-intensive systems.

Speaker bio: Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for over thirty years. She has managed software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development. She spearheaded the implementation of a Just-in-Time system in a 3M video tape manufacturing plant and led new product development teams, commercializing products ranging from digital controllers to 3M Light Fiber™. 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. A sequel, Implementing Lean Software Development, was published in 2006. A third book, Leading Lean Software Development, was published in November, 2009.

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