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by Brendon Livingstone on 12 April 2013
In June Equinox IT will welcome back Mary and Tom Poppendieck, international thought-leaders and authors on the topics of lean software development and lean leadership. Mary and Tom will visit Auckland and Wellington for one week with Equinox IT and deliver training and management briefings to grow awareness of and improve results through the application of lean principles and approaches.
Husband and wife, Tom and Mary are highly sought after pioneers and authors on the topic of applying lean manufacturing principles to software development and business. They last visited New Zealand with Equinox IT in December 2011, where they educated IT managers and professionals on Lean leadership.
The upcoming visit comes ahead of the launch on the Poppendieck’s new book ‘The Lean Mindset’, which will be available in September 2013. During their visit the Poppendiecks will deliver a public course in Wellington on 27-28 June, on this same topic Lean Mindset Workshop.
“There is strong evidence from around the world that the use of Lean principles and practices delivers better business and IT results” says Deane Sloan, Equinox IT Software Development Director. “We are committed to helping New Zealand organisations improve, and we are excited to have Mary and Tom Poppendieck return to New Zealand to work with Equinox IT and our clients”.
Equinox IT in February had Al Shalloway, another well-known international authority on Lean software development, in New Zealand training and presenting on the Lean approach Kanban. The Poppendieck visit provides another opportunity for organisations and professionals to raise their performance by understanding and using Lean approaches in their work.
Mary and Tom’s visit with Equinox will be one part of a larger 7 week trip for the Poppendiecks through Germany, Australia, and China, where they will be presenting and training on Lean topics.
