January 17, 2011 5:30 PM. 70 attended.
Kanban: Visual Feedback and Incremental Improvement
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Most teams (and companies!) are interested in improving how they work, but often the solutions suggested require radical change, a large investment in training, or both. Kanban offers an alternative – an evolutionary change process that gradually and continually improves the performance of a team. A flexible, non-prescriptive method, it is widely applicable across multiple levels of an organization, from the personal level all the way up to project portfolio management.
Incorporating many successful techniques from multiple industries, including the Theory of Constraints, Systems Thinking, and Lean Product Development, the Kanban method is rapidly gaining popularity as an easy and effective way of boosting the effectiveness of teams of all sizes and compositions.
Speaker: Chris Simmons
Chris has been involved with Agile software development for over 5 years, as a developer, coach, and manager. He is always interested in learning about multidisciplinary techniques that lead to results, especially if they challenge conventional wisdom. Chris is currently a Software Development Manager at Sophos.
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Chris Simmons
Thanks for coming out everyone - what a crowd!
Here are some of the links that I mentioned at the end of my presentation:
Kanbandev - the discussion group for Kanban: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/
Limited WIP Society: http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/
Kanban - the book: http://www.amazon.ca/Kanban-David-J-Anderson/dp/098452140...
Posted January 18, 2011 at 2:36 PM
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Timothy SerranoChris Simmons gave a thorough introduction to Kanban. It reinforces my understanding that Kanban framework works best for environments with plenty of interruptions,Checked-in great for C-level meets and mashups with the team, Operations, and Production doing both development and maintenance.
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Michael VaxChris delivered an excellent presentation which gave good overview of Kanban and how it can be applied in different environments.
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Thanks everyone for attending the event! We had over 70 attendees tonight!
Special thanks to Chris for such an interesting evening!
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