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Kanban and Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking The original Agile methods were created by teams independently in response to the challenge of improving software development and their documentation as a named process was a subsequent codification in order to help spread the learning and improvement wider throughout the industry. Either consciously or intuitively, these processes were applications of Systems Thinking, taking a holistic approach to …

People and Process: Two Sides of the Same Coin

I wrote this short article for JAX Magazine, but it seems JAX doesn’t want to make it easy for people to access the content (you have to register to get a download link which only works once). So I’ve decided to post the article here as well. Its an evolution of some of my thinking that goes back to the …

Kanban System Design Article

I’ve just had an article published on Agile Journal about Kanban System Design in which I look at Kanban from a Systems Thinking perspective, and how various aspects of Kanban can provide leverage points to improve our product development outcomes.

Lean Software & Systems Conference CfP & Registration Open

The Lean Software and Systems Consortium US-based community conference will be May 3-6 next year, in Long Beach California. The Call for Papers and Registration are now open. The CfP Deadline is Dec 19th and will not be extended. May 3rd is LeanSSC Technical Advisory Board meeting and pre-conference tutorials. If you intend to attend those you should plan on …