Karl Scotland – Using Agility Strategically
Karl Scotland – Using Agility Strategically
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 have structured the description around …
Agile2009 provided me with 3 sources of ideas which all complemented each other, and which I think make an important point that I want to repeat. Firstly, on the flight over, I read John Shook’s blog post about his work with Starbucks. In it, he responds to the suggestion that by advising Starbucks on using Lean methods, he is transforming …
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 year, I think these …
I’m going to be at Agile 2009 next week in Chicago. I’m not presenting any sessions this year, but I’ll be hanging around the Kanban stand at the Freshers Fair, and probably spending some time in Open Jam to hopefully catch up with people in person while I have a chance. I’m also really pleased to have been invited to …
There has been some recent discussion on the blogoshpere and twitterverse about the relationship between Kanban Systems for Software Development and the concept of iteration. The often raised concern that a Kanban System is “Waterfall 2.0” came up again, along with the suggestion that a Lean perspective might view iteration as rework, and as a result be waste. One of …
Aleksey Goncharenko, a Project Manager at Flexis Corporation, has translated my Kanban, Flow and Cadence post into Russian. If you can read Russian, you can find it here!
The slides from my Kanban, Flow and Cadence presentation at Skills Matter are now available for download, and the video of the session is also available for viewing.
This is the announcement from David Anderson on his blog: After some delay while we arranged for hosting, the videos from the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference in Miami are now available. I need to thank InfoQ for making all of this happen. As a media sponsor, InfoQ intended to use these videos together with the presentation slides on their …
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Mark Stringer gave me some good feedback recently, that I clearly hadn’t described what I meant be Cadence at the recent miniSPA conference. In order to try and correct that, I thought I’d try and clarify with a blog post that it not simply variable length iterations. The purpose of a cadence is to establish a reliable and dependable capability …