Mary Poppendieck領導多個團隊實現瞭不同的解決方案，領域包括從企業供應鏈管理到數字媒體。她是Poppendieck LLC的總裁，該公司擅長將精益技術應用於軟件開發。

Tom Poppendieck是一名企業分析師、架構師和敏捷過程培訓師，目前幫助一些組織機構在軟件開發過程中應用精益原則和工具。

Poppendieck夫婦也是《Lean Software Development》（該書獲得2004年Jolt軟件開發生産力大奬）和《Implementing Lean Software Development》的作者。

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 pageFrom 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.