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Friday, June 11, 2010

Reflections on a Couple of Others’ Thoughts on Scrum Compared to Kanban

A couple of guys both longer in the tooth than me, who have authored more books than me, have also published their experienced thoughts on Scrum and Kanban this past week.

Posted by David on 06/11 at 04:19 PM Kanban • Lean • LimitedWIPSociety • Reinertsen • Schwaber • Scrum • Scrumban • (0) Comments • Permalink

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Thoughts on how Kanban differs from Scrum

I’ve largely stayed out of the debate comparing Scrum to Kanban or those wishing to position the techniques as rivals. I’ve actively encouraged Mattias Skarin and Henrik Kniberg who have done a very good job analyzing and comparing in their book Scrum and Kanban making the best of both!

I feel that I can add some insights that Henrik and Mattias didn’t cover - insights that have emerged while I’ve been touring the world this past nine months working with teams and agile coaches on 5 continents from small innovative startup firms to some of the world’s largest industrial and technology businesses.

Posted by David on 06/10 at 09:23 PM Kaizen • Kanban • Lean • LimitedWIPSociety • Scrum • Scrumban • (8) Comments • Permalink

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Thoughts on #lssc10

On Friday night I flew out of Atlanta for London and Hamburg, after a successful Lean Software & Systems Conference at the JW Marriott. It had been almost a year in planning. I thought it would be appropriate to take a moment to reflect on a project successfully delivered.

Posted by David on 04/25 at 10:34 PM Kanban • Leadership • Lean • LimitedWIPSociety • (3) Comments • Permalink

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Forthcoming Kanban Classes in Europe

I have two 2-day Kanban classes planned in Europe in the 2nd quarter of the year.

The first is in Hamburg on 26th and 27th of April with IT-Agile.

The second will be in Stockholm with Crisp on May 31st - June 1st

All attendees will receive a free copy of my new book, Kanban - sucessful evolutionary change for your technology business and a Ltd WIP Society t-shirt.

Posted by David on 04/10 at 08:14 PM Events • Kanban • Lean • (2) Comments • Permalink

Reminder #lssc10 Technical Advisory Board Meeting April 20th

This is a reminder that attendees for the Lean Software & Systems Conference in Atlanta, April 21st to 23rd, are cordially invited to the Lean Software & Systems Consortium Technical Advisory Board Meeting.

This meeting is open to conference attendees, as the Technical Advisory Board, is interested in hearing opinions from interested parties and the market. What do you want the Lean Software & Systems Consortium to do for you? The Chairman of the Technical Advisory Board, Donald Reinertsen has put together an agenda for the meeting…

Posted by David on 04/10 at 05:21 PM Kanban • Lean • LimitedWIPSociety • (0) Comments • Permalink