Mary Poppendieck

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 901 citations indexed

About

Mary Poppendieck is a scholar working on Information Systems, Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Poppendieck has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 901 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Information Systems, 5 papers in Management Information Systems and 1 paper in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Mary Poppendieck's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (7 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (2 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (1 paper). Mary Poppendieck is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (7 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (2 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (1 paper). Mary Poppendieck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and New Zealand. Mary Poppendieck's co-authors include Tom Poppendieck, Michael A. Cusumano, Steven Fraser, Ward Cunningham, Kent Beck, Joshua Kerievsky, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, G. G. Miller, Linda Rising and Robert Biddle and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Software and CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).

In The Last Decade

Mary Poppendieck

10 papers receiving 748 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Lean software development: an agile toolkit

2003 567 citations Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mary Poppendieck United States	8	687	294	129	121	120	10	901
Tom Poppendieck Denmark	5	538 0.8×	225 0.8×	94 0.7×	101 0.8×	100 0.8×	5	701
Jeff Sutherland United States	17	743 1.1×	282 1.0×	126 1.0×	164 1.4×	147 1.2×	48	1.1k
Pasi Kuvaja Finland	18	682 1.0×	259 0.9×	93 0.7×	101 0.8×	117 1.0×	54	993
Jim Highsmith	4	636 0.9×	200 0.7×	121 0.9×	169 1.4×	103 0.9×	5	911
David Raffo United States	17	722 1.1×	328 1.1×	98 0.8×	53 0.4×	147 1.2×	61	1.1k
Mike Konrad United States	5	495 0.7×	259 0.9×	47 0.4×	49 0.4×	103 0.9×	8	730
J.J.M. Trienekens Netherlands	15	390 0.6×	245 0.8×	35 0.3×	82 0.7×	80 0.7×	72	682
Krzysztof Wnuk Sweden	18	676 1.0×	119 0.4×	205 1.6×	68 0.6×	216 1.8×	94	980
Pilar Rodríguez Finland	16	647 0.9×	139 0.5×	114 0.9×	67 0.6×	111 0.9×	37	810
Ioana Rus United States	11	770 1.1×	222 0.8×	162 1.3×	41 0.3×	228 1.9×	34	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Mary Poppendieck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mary Poppendieck

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary Poppendieck

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Poppendieck, Mary & Tom Poppendieck. (2013). The Lean Mindset: Ask the Right Questions. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 6 indexed citations

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Poppendieck, Mary & Michael A. Cusumano. (2012). Lean Software Development: A Tutorial. IEEE Software. 29(5). 26–32. 82 indexed citations

3.

Poppendieck, Mary & Tom Poppendieck. (2009). Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 33 indexed citations

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Poppendieck, Mary. (2007). Lean Software Development. 165–166. 94 indexed citations

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Poppendieck, Mary. (2007). Agile Contracts. 25–25. 3 indexed citations

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Poppendieck, Mary & Tom Poppendieck. (2006). Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series). 87 indexed citations

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Fraser, Steven, et al.. (2004). The role of the customer in software development. 148–150. 7 indexed citations

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Poppendieck, Mary & Tom Poppendieck. (2003). Lean software development: an agile toolkit. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fraser, Steven, et al.. (2003). Xtreme programming and agile coaching. 265–267. 10 indexed citations

10.

Beck, Kent, et al.. (2003). Agile management - an oxymoron?. 275–277. 12 indexed citations

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