One of the joys of working as a coach for EMC Consulting are the regular opportunities to have deep conversations on various topics with my colleagues when we are in the office together. For example, earlier this week myself and Simon Bennett began to discuss way of talking to our clients about process such [...]
November 24, 2009 - 10:01 pm
Tags: Continuous Improvement, Kanban, Practices
Posted in Lean | 2 comments
When talking about Kanban Systems for Software Development, I always try to emphasis that the Kanban System is more than the tool, and is a System that should be owned by the team, rather than being imposed upon it. By owning it, and being part of creating it, a team are more likely to evolve [...]
November 16, 2009 - 10:46 am
Tags: Atlanta2010, Conference, LeanSSC
Posted in Announcement | No comments
The first Lean Software & Systems Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA between April 21st and 23rd 2010.
Registration and the Call for Papers is now open at atlanta2010.leanssc.org
The first 50 registrants enjoy a super early discount rate of $800 plus entry to the exclusive speaker luncheon and a special limited edition Ltd WIP [...]
I’m going to be speaking as part of the Skills Matter Lean and Kanban Exchange on December 1st. From their website:
The aim of the Lean & Kanban eXchange is to promote awareness and adoption of Lean and Kanban ideas and techniques. With David J. Anderson providing the conference keynote and two Parkbench sessions, the programme [...]
November 5, 2009 - 4:45 pm
Tags: Kanban, Outcomes, Scrum, Sync Steps
Posted in Agile, Lean | 4 comments
I met up with Jean Tabaka last week for a coffee and we chatted over various things, including Lean, Kanban, “The Don”, Tufte, and Systems Thinking. One of the other areas was around the origins and original intents of Scrum. Jean mentioned an early paper(*) by Jeff Sutherland, written before the current terminology became standard, [...]
October 20, 2009 - 5:55 pm
Tags: FAQ, Kanban, Labeling, Scrum, Understanding
Posted in Agile, Lean | 17 comments
Firstly, this post is not an attempt to be divisive or competitive. Instead it is meant to be exploratory. What would it mean for the statement in the title to be true? Actually, the full statement was “People have so misunderstood Scrum, that they’ve reinvented it and called it Kanban”. It was made by Jim [...]
October 12, 2009 - 8:41 pm
Tags: Kanban, Software East
Posted in Announcement | No comments
I’ll be talking about 5 Steps to Kanban at Software East on November 19th. From the website:
This event will take place at Red Gate Software, Newnham House, Cambridge Business Park. See the location map for Red Gate Software.
BOOK NOW for this event. Tickets (including light buffet) £15 if booked on or before 16th November, £25 [...]
October 6, 2009 - 11:48 am
Tags: Conference, Kanban, KSE:London
Posted in Lean | 1 comment
I ended up making notes at the Lean & Kanban UK Conference with good old fashioned pen an paper. Rather than try and write up those notes into something coherent and meaningful, I have decided to write them up in the style of a twitter stream. These are the things I would have tweeted if [...]
September 25, 2009 - 8:43 am
Tags: Kanban, Practices, XP
Posted in Lean | 13 comments
During recent discussions with XP folks on the topic of Kanban, it occurred to me that based on my understanding, XP can be described in terms of a Kanban System for Software Development. This is an attempt to do that, on the basis that it might be useful in helping teams understand Kanban concepts. I [...]
August 31, 2009 - 8:16 pm
Tags: Agile2009, Conference
Posted in Agile | 3 comments
I’m just about recovered from Agile 2009, and about to disappear off the grid for a much needed break in the sun. Before I do so, I wanted to jot down my immediate reflections on the conference while they were still fresh.
The conversations in between sessions are always great at the Agile conferences, but this [...]
