Comments on: Is Kanban Only Suitable for Mature Teams?

By: Management Improvement Carnival #50 | Lean Software Engineering

Management Improvement Carnival #50 | Lean Software Engineering — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:00:36 +0000

[...] Is kanban only suitable for mature teams? by Karl Scotland: As Lean methods take root in the world of software development, some familiar questions appear regarding their adoption. [...]

By: David Anderson

David Anderson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:22:58 +0000

The only prerequisite for kanban is the ability to manage the code base (configuration management) and have a suitable branching or labeling strategy to enable single-piece flow.

By: allan kelly

allan kelly — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:22:41 +0000

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with your comment that that Scrum focuses on being Agile and improving is the result, while Kanban focuses on improving an Agile may be the result.

For me the most important thing is improving: if you are improving you will eventually get to a form of Agile that works for you and keep on going.

By: Jason Yip

Jason Yip — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:03 +0000

kanban in Lean is more accurately described as a tool or technique rather than an overall process or system. So it’s kind of confusing to compare kanban with Scrum.

I like the idea of focusing on improving rather than being Agile, Lean, etc.