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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Poppendieck, Mary.
Implementing lean software development : from concept to cash / Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-321-43738-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Computer software—Development. 2. Production management. I. Poppendieck, Thomas David. II. Title.
QA76.76.D47P674 2006
005.1—dc22
2006019698
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