{"id":444,"date":"2007-11-11T23:03:01","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T06:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/444\/ask-mary-poppendieck-anything"},"modified":"2016-11-14T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T08:47:23","slug":"ask-mary-poppendieck-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/ask-mary-poppendieck-anything\/444\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Mary Poppendieck Anything!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August 2006, Mary Poppendieck was nice enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/12-questions-with-mary-poppendieck\/183\/\">entertain questions from my readers on the topic of Lean for Software<\/a>.\u00a0 Some great questions were submitted and Mary answered them.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to read our other <a title=\"interviews with leaders series\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/leadership-interviews-innovation-thought-leaders\/\">interviews in our leadership series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here are Mary Poppendieck&#8217;s other responses to readers&#8217; questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"mary poppendieck, lean for software\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/ask-mary-poppendieck-anything\/444\/\">Original Article to Ask Mary Poppendieck Anything<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"mary poppendieck answers readers questions on lean for software\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/lean-for-software\/401\/\">Mary Poppendieck&#8217;s Answers to ALL Readers&#8217; Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"lean deployment, lean transformation, top down, bottom up\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poppendieck-should-lean-be-top-down-or-bottom-up\/448\/\">Should Lean be Top-down or Bottom-up?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"what is lean for software with Mary Poppendieck\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/lean-for-software-interview-with-mary-poppendieck\/340\/\">An Interview with Mary Poppendieck with Pete Abilla<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"mary poppendieck, agile, handoff, waste\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/poppendieck-on-waste-the-handoff\/447\/\">Mary Poppendieck on the Handoff and Waste<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Well, she&#8217;s willing to do that again, so please submit your questions for Mary and she will answer some of those questions.\u00a0 I will then post her responses on future posts.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the process:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Submit your questions on Lean for Software or Agile in the comments below.<\/li>\n<li>I will close comments on November 25.<\/li>\n<li>I will begin posting Mary&#8217;s answers after November 25, 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is Mary&#8217;s Biography:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for thirty years.\u00a0 She has managed solutions in software development, supply chain management, manufacturing operations, and new product development.<\/p>\n<p>A popular writer and speaker, Mary&#8217;s classes apply lean principles to Software Development problems and offer a fresh perspective on software development processes.\u00a0 She is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=sixsigma09-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;location=%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0321150783%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1156191326%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3Fie%3DUTF8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers (Paperback)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=sixsigma09-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;location=%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0321437381%2Fsr%3D8-2%2Fqid%3D1156191326%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_2%3Fie%3DUTF8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (Paperback)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please ask your tough questions &#8212; Mary will most likely have something to teach us all.<\/p>\n\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2006, Mary Poppendieck was nice enough to entertain questions from my readers on the topic of Lean for Software.\u00a0 Some great questions were submitted and Mary answered them. 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