Building on the foundation of Mary and Tom Poppendieck’s two bestselling books on lean software development, Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point addresses six areas of focus that are critical to leading sustained excellence in system development.

Written for managers who want to move beyond initial successes with agile practices, this engaging and concise book shows how successful organizations frame each of these key areas.  Starting with a chapter on “systems thinking” that investigates how work actually works, and a chapter on “technical excellence” that covers the basics of excellent software development, they go on to cover the role of “reliable delivery” and “relentless improvement,” demonstrating how improvement works and highlighting the role of the manager-as-mentor of improvement. The book concludes with an examination of how leaders create companies of “great people” and a discussion of how “aligned leaders” turn theory into practice.