We are proud to present this new course from Mary & Tom Poppendieck. This course is based on their new book, Leading Lean Software Development (published Nov 2009.)

This is a two-day workshop with Mary and Tom Poppendieck, authors of "Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash", and "Lean Software Development, an Agile Toolkit".

There are many ways you can register but two easy ones are Google Checkout and PayPal:  

The early bird rate is $1,300.  Discounts are available for groups of 3 or more. Please call the number on the back of your credit card if you have a problem with Google Checkout or PayPal. Often the "helpful" fraud systems can be controlled by real people.

If that does not work, contact Julia Hill immediately. There are known issues, etc, etc.  Payment may be made in other forms. For example, by check is completely acceptable if there is enough time.

By registering you will receive:

• Attendance at the two-day workshop with Mary and Tom Poppendieck
• Course materials updated specifically for this Course
• A copy of the Poppendiecks' new book
• Continental breakfast, snacks, and lunch on both days of the workshop.

Note: Please email to inform us of any special dietary requirements.

Schedule

Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. : Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. : Lean Course Day 1, including lunch and afternoon break

Thursday, Feb 11, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. : Continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. : Lean Course Day 2, including lunch and afternoon break

Registration and Payment

The course fee is $1,400, covering both days, including continental breakfast, snacks and lunch. (There is an early registration discount to $1,300.)

There will be 30 seats available. This will be their only public course in the US in the 1st half of 2010.

Please go to this page to register via Google checkout, or contact Julia Hill to reserve your place. You may also pay by check. Please contact Julia Hill if you have questions. There is a 10% discount for groups of 3 or more.

Facility/Hotel

Chicago Marriott Downtown
Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL   60611

We may make arrangements for sleeping rooms at a group discount. 

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Description

Leading Lean Software Development 
2 Day Advanced Leaders Workshop

Success comes from people. Results are not the point. Developing people so that they can achieve successful results is the point.

“Fine,” you say, “but I have software to deliver, budgets to stay within, schedules to meet.” Indeed you do. But here’s the thing – either your system is capable of delivering those results or it is not. Trying to force results beyond what your development system is capable of not going to get you where you need to be. You are not going to improve your system by stressing it to achieve aggressive targets. Systems don’t work that way. You may get a local or temporary optimization, but you will not get a system capable of delivering high quality software reliably, repeatedly on time.

So how do you get results? You start by making sure that work is structured so that it is a system – one that gives knowledge workers visibility into the needs and expectations of your customers. Then you focus on developing the technical capability of the system and of the people developing your products. You structure your delivery system so that workflows are steady and predictable. Finally, you develop workers who accept the challenge to continuously improve their system so that it delivers increasingly better customer outcomes. Nothing is going to get you very far if you do not grow and protect the people who understand customers, decide what tests to run, write the code, keep up the cadence, deploy the software, provide support, and constantly improve the system so it delivers more value to customers.

What does this mean in practice? That is what this workshop is all about. In two intensive days of discussion and exercises, leaders will come away with a new frame of reference for thinking about how world class organizations develop software-intensive systems.

Systems Thinking

• Customer Focus
• Long Term Capability
• End-to-End Flow
• Policy-Driven Waste
• Product Champion: Ideation

Technical Excellence

• Keep It Simple
• Build Quality In
• Deliver in Small Steps
Develop Expertise

• Competency Leaders

Reliable Delivery

• Proven Experience
• Level Workflow
• Pull Scheduling
• Frequent Feedback
Product Champion: Execution

Relentless Improvement

• Envision the Future
• Establish a Baseline
• Expose Problems
• Learn to Improve
• Managers as Mentors

Great People

• Knowledge Workers
• Mutual Obligation
• Mutual Respect
• Pride of Workmanship
• Front Line Leaders

Aligned Leaders

• Beyond Budgeting
• Cause & Effect
• Leaders at All Levels
• From Theory to Practice
Leadership Team

You will learn:

• How to look at your process from a systems point of view and identify waste.
• What's wrong with software testing and what you have to do to fix it.
• How to frame risk and rethink scheduling to permit confident promise-dating and reliable delivery.
• How to increase the productivity of knowledge workers, according Peter Drucker - the man who invented the term.
• Tools for solving problems that everyone in the organization can use.
• What the Beyond Budgeting principles are and how they affect system development.
• The leadership roles that support the lean framework.

Learn first hand from Lean thought-leaders Mary and Tom Poppendieck how to apply Lean Principles to your organization. Mary and Tom have pioneered the application of Lean Thinking to software development and documented their principles in three books:

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
Leading Lean Software Development: Results are Not the Point

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for senior software development practitioners, team leads and managers who are considering lean software development for their organizations. It will be particularly useful to those who are looking for tools and practices that they can put to immediate use.

Presenters

Mary Poppendieck has been in the Information Technology industry for thirty years. She has managed solutions for companies in several disciplines, including supply chain management, manufacturing systems, and digital media. As a seasoned leader in both operations and new product development, she brings a practical, customer-focused approach to software development problems.

A popular writer and speaker, Mary's classes on managing software development offer a fresh perspective on project management. Her book "Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit", was published in 2003 and won the Software Development Productivity Award in 2004. A sequel, "Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash", was published in 2006.

Tom Poppendieck has 25 years of experience in computing including eight years of work with object technology. His modeling and mentoring skills are rooted in his experience as a physics professor. His early work was in IT infrastructure, product development, and manufacturing support, and evolved to consulting project assignments in healthcare, logistics, mortgage banking, and travel services.

Tom is co-author of the book "Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit", published in 2003, and its sequel, "Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash", published in 2006.

Please contact Joe Little for further details or if you have questions.

Refund policy
90% of the course fee will be refunded for cancellations more that 7 days in advance of the course. No refunds will be provided for cancellations within a week of the course.