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Karl Scotland – Using Agile to Deliver Value
Update: The provisional dates have moved to from Sep 21-22 to Sep 27-29.
I am pleased to announce that we have started to plan for a Lean & Kanban Conference to take place in London, provisionally set for Sep 27-29 at the RSA (http://www.thersa.org/house).
As well as hoping to get these dates pencilled into your diaries, we would like to get your ideas and feedback on what and who we could include in the conference program. Please let us know if:
We’d particularly like to hear from you if you are based in Europe so we can have a strong ‘local’ flavour, and we’re also looking for recommendations of people beyond software development who might add a different perspective.
Looking forward to getting lots of replies!
p.s. Don’t forget the Lean & Kanban 2009 Miami conference on May 6-8. See http://leankanbanconference.com/
February 24, 2010 - 12:59 pm
Tags: ACCU2010, Agile2010, Atlanta2010, Conference, LeanSSC, Scrum Gathering, SPA2010
Posted in Announcement | 3 comments
I’ve just updated my Calendar page with where I’m speaking this year so far (or hoping to), and thought it would be worth adding some more details in a post.
The conference I’m most looking forward to is the inaugural LeanSSC Conference in Atlanta in April (21-23) which is the place to find out about “the [...]
January 8, 2010 - 11:41 am
Tags: Continuous Improvement, Kanban, Safeguards, Scrum, Ski Slopes
Posted in Lean | 11 comments
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 [...]
November 13, 2009 - 4:58 pm
Tags: Conference, Lean Kanban Exchange, Skills Matter
Posted in Announcement | No comments
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 [...]

My name is Karl Scotland, and this is where I'll publish my thoughts and experiences on using agile software development methods and practices such as XP, Scrum and in particular Kanban Systems for Software Development.
I'm currently working as a Agile Coach for EMC Consulting (UK) - the consultancy formerly known as Conchango - and am a founder member of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.
March 12, 2009 - 2:39 pm
How do you want feedback, via a comment on this post or by email? If so what is your email address?
June 2, 2009 - 6:54 pm
Hello,
I interest to paticipate in Lean & Kanban Conference in London on september 2009, there are some news about it?
Ezra Koren
March 12, 2009 - 5:08 pm
Good question! You can comment here, or by email (kjscotlandatyahoodotcodotuk) or there is a thread on the kanbandev Yahoo! group.
June 3, 2009 - 8:36 pm
Hi Ezra,
Details and registration information can be found at http://ukleanconference.com/ . I’ll be blogging some more about the program soon.
Karl