February 16, 2026Creator of the user story mapping technique and author of User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right…
February 16, 2026Author of User Stories Applied, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile, which became essential references for agile practitioners.…
February 16, 2026Father of the Toyota Production System, which became the foundation of lean manufacturing worldwide. His innovations including just-in-time production, kanban…
February 16, 2026Japanese business professor who, alongside Ikujiro Nonaka, authored the influential 1986 Harvard Business Review article "The New New Product Development…
February 16, 2026Japanese organisational theorist who co-authored the seminal 1986 article "The New New Product Development Game" with Hirotaka Takeuchi. His research…
February 16, 2026Eiji Toyoda's contributions began in 1936, when he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and began working for his…
February 16, 2026Creator of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), the most widely adopted framework for scaling agile practices across large enterprises. Author…
February 16, 2026Agile Manifesto signatory and creator of the Crystal family of agile methodologies. His research into software development as a cooperative…
February 16, 2026Co-creator of the Scrum framework alongside Ken Schwaber and signatory of the Agile Manifesto. Author of Scrum: The Art of…
February 16, 2026Co-creator of the Scrum framework alongside Jeff Sutherland and signatory of the Agile Manifesto. He founded Scrum.org and developed the…
