At the Scrum Gathering in London this October, I had a bit of a flash-back to the last time the Gathering was in London. At that event, during the Open Space, I announced a Kanban session with words along the lines of “My team recently stopped using Scrum and our productivity has improved”. As I recall it, there was an audible intake of breath, although I’m sure my memory has exaggerated the effect!
I was reminiscing about this with Rachel Davies, who facilitated the Open Space at both Gatherings, and she shared the photographs she had taken of the output, which she still had. Here they are for posterity. I expected to find much of my thinking had changed since then, but apart from having less focus on waste and inventory now (preferring to know emphasise value and flow) it still seems relevant.
Here are the photos – thanks to Benjamin Mitchell for being the scribe. I’m hoping to add some of the audience which I know are out there somewhere.
Hi Karl,
According to what you’re seeing, are there many companies dropping Scrum in favor of Kanban?
I’d say that there are many companies using Kanban to evolve their Scrum process. Sometimes Scrum is working well and they want further improvement. Sometimes Scum isn’t working well and they want something different. There’s also an increasing number of companies applying Kanban to their current context, without having to use Scrum first.