Chicago Agile Project Management Meetup Group Monthly Meetup

Introduction to Kanban for Software Development

Learn what Kanban is, what it isn't, and how to apply it to an IT or
software development project. Kanban focuses on the flow of work
through a system. It's a useful tool to visualize the work and the
problems that impact flow. It supports evolutionary process
improvement and helps control the amount of work in process. Being
less prescriptive than other agile methods, it can be used more
naturally, that is without shocking the system as it is being adopted.
This will be an informal and interactive session with lots of time for
Q&A. We'll touch on pull systems, metrics, value stream mapping and,
time permitting, the Theory of Constraints and the Scientific Method.

Andrew Fuqua from Pillar Technology will be guiding the discussion.
Andrew is an agile consultant with Pillar Technology where he has either kicked-off or coached 13 teams doing Scrum or Kanban. Andrew spent the first half of the 2000's coding in an eXtreme Programming environment and the second half managing XP and Scrum teams. He spent most of the 90's as a developer at IBM with a little time there spent in management and product line management. Andrew holds a BS in computer science from Troy State University, an MS in computer science from the University of Alabama, and an MBA from Duke University,

As always, pizza and refreshments will be provided.

If you can't make the meetup, change your intention to "no". We can't afford pizza for ghosts. If you don't show up and indicated you would, I might have to ban you from future meetings. Sorry. Thanks for your cooperation.