Karl Scotland – Using Agile to Deliver Value
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Kanban Values, Impacts and Heuristics
1February 6, 2013
by Karl Scotland
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A recent thread discussing the values behind kanban on the kanbandev mailing list inspired a couple of great blog posts by Mike Burrows on “Introducing Kanban Through Its Values“ and “Kanban: Values Understanding And Purpose“, which have in turn inspired me make some updates to the Kanban Thinking [...]
The Science of Kanban – People
3January 31, 2012
by Karl Scotland
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This is the second part of a write-up of a talk I gave at a number of conferences last year. The previous post was the Introduction.
Software and systems development is acknowledged to be knowledge work, performed by people with skills and expertise. This is the basis for the Software Craftsmanship [...]
Running the Ball Flow Game
9July 19, 2011
by Karl Scotland
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I previously wrote about the Ball Flow Game I ran at the Scrum Gathering in Amsterdam. I’ve updated the game quite a bit since then and its stabilised into something I’m finding very useful when I work with Kanban teams to help them understand some of the concepts behind Kanban Thinking. I hope [...]
A Model for Creating a Kanban System
4October 11, 2010
by Karl Scotland
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This post is a high level overview of the model I use when I think about Kanban Systems. As the saying goes, “all models are wrong, some are useful”. This is what I currently find useful based on working with teams and organisations in recent years.
At the heart of the model is Systems Thinking. [...]
