February 16, 2026Creator of Extreme Programming (XP) and signatory of the Agile Manifesto. He pioneered test-driven development and contributed significantly to software…
February 16, 2026Influential software engineer, author, and Agile Manifesto signatory known for works including Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. As…
February 16, 2026Creator of the Cynefin framework, which categorises problems into simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic domains to guide appropriate decision-making approaches.…
February 16, 2026Pioneer of the Kanban method for knowledge work, author of Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business. His approach…
February 16, 2026Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947–2011) was an Israeli physicist, business consultant, and author who revolutionised operations management with his Theory of…
February 16, 2026Author of The Lean Startup, which introduced the build-measure-learn feedback loop and minimum viable product concepts to entrepreneurship and product…
February 16, 2026Swedish agile and lean coach, author of Scrum and XP from the Trenches and creator of the popular "Spotify Model"…- February 16, 2026Co-author of Lean Software Development with Tom Poppendieck, applying Toyota Production System principles to software delivery. Her work translates lean…
February 16, 2026Author of The Fifth Discipline, which introduced systems thinking, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and personal mastery as five…- February 16, 2026Co-author of Lean Software Development with Mary Poppendieck, bringing his manufacturing and engineering background to translate lean principles into software…
