LeanSSC/Kanban US conference 2011 – #LSSC11 – Are you coming?
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute The Lean Software and Systems Consortium US-based community conference will be May 3-6 next year, in Long Beach California. I'll be there, talking about "Using Kanban...
View ArticleHighlight slides from the Agilesparks Kanban for Managers Workshop
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteLast week I ran another round of our Kanban for Managers workshop. So far, I'm excited about the feedback I read and hear. I think Kanban is making sense to people, and...
View ArticleHow I would simulate time-boxed agile in the @getkanban kanban board game
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutesAt Agilesparks we’ve recently been using the Kanban Board Game developed by Russell Heally (@getkanban) quite extensively. We use it as part of Kanban courses, sessions...
View ArticleNext public Kanban workshop I’m delivering – on Feb 8 2011
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteThe next public Kanban workshop in israel is coming up in just a few weeks – also see http://agilesparks.com/kanban+for+managers What can you expect? Well, you might...
View ArticleThe Agile Lowest Common Denominator – Avoiding a slowdown due to the weakest...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the concerns often raised when people hear about kanban is that the weakest/slowest link will slow down the whole chain. For example if testing is a bottleneck...
View ArticleWebinar LSSC11: Session 4 – Intro to Lean Product Development Flow
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteI’ve been asked to deliver a pre-LSSC11 webinar on the topic of Lean Product Development flow. I’m going to introduce an approach to mixing Lean and Agile in order to...
View ArticleI’m a nominee for the Lean Software and Systems 2011 Brickell Key Award!
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteLean Software and Systems – 2011 Brickell Key Award Nominees. I’m so humbled by it and by the great cadre of nominees I’m considered with, don’t have much to say … Just...
View ArticleAgileIL11 is over, what an exciting event! my Slides for Secrets of Flow are...
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteFor those interested in my talk about Secrets of Flow, here it is: see some pictures from the event as well: The post AgileIL11 is over, what an exciting event! my...
View ArticleReasons to come early to conferences, or at least to LSSC Lean Software and...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesIts early wednesday, I’m at Long Beach for LSSC11 – the main US conference for the Lean Software Systems Consortium also at LimitedWIPSociety.org – the community...
View ArticleLSSC11 – My impressions/takeaways
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesImpressions Keynotes – The Keynote by Chet Richards was AMAZING. He is a great speaker, and his content was just right for opening the LSSC conference. He had tough...
View ArticleCheck out a Prezi for one of my Kanban Training workshops
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteKanban Training on Prezi I decided to get back to Prezi as an alternative to Powerpoint. Its capabilities seem to be a good match for my kind of materials – Visuals of...
View ArticleSpeaking in Lean Kanban Conferences in Europe Oct 2011
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteI was invited to speak in two Lean Kanban conferences taking place in Europe this fall. I’m very excited about both those conferences. The speakers list is still not...
View ArticleTouching your electronic kanban board
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesSome of the teams I work with choose to have electronic kanban boards. Why? see for example 5 Reasons Why Electronic Boards Are Better Than Physical Boards a good new...
View ArticlePatterns for getting to a lower WIP level in a system – The Freeze, No New...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesSome of us have the luxury of designing processes for greenfield systems meaning there is no history/legacy to deal with. Typically though, we are dealing with...
View ArticleMy slides from Lean Kanban Benelux 2011 – Commitments and Energies in a...
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteI’m currently at LKBE11 enjoying the great lineup of speakers and great atmosphere. As for my part, I’m 50% done… Below is my Prezi for Commitments and Energies in a...
View ArticleSlides from my Large Scale Kanban Talk at Lean Kanban Benelux 2011
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteHere are my slides from my talk today, in prezi form. Some concepts I talk about are Classes of Treatment – not everything deserves the same kind of treatment… Kanban...
View ArticleMy thoughts on how Kanban and TOC Critical Chain relate
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesBackground I recently had a short twitter chat with Catherine Swetel and Steven Holt about the relation between TOC Critical Chain and Kanban. This post will try to sum...
View ArticleScrum Sprint Commitment Rant
Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutesGoing on a Rant If there’s one thing that makes me mad whenever I see it is teams abusing the commitment concept in scrum. I’ve been on a rampage against dysfunctional...
View ArticleMy Large Scale Kanban talk at Lean Kanban Central Europe 2011 Conference
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteHere is my talk, together with a great visualization provided by the conference organizers. My main points were: Classes of service do apply when developing products....
View ArticleLean/Kanban approach to Teams
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesTo Team or not to Team? If you look at the definition of Kanban or Lean, you wouldn’t find teams anywhere there. If you look at the Agile Manifesto, you can find “The...
View ArticleHow to use Kanban to help improve your recruiting process
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutesBackground I recently had the opportunity to talk with a couple of HR managers who were interested in how agile can help the HR department become more effective. This...
View ArticleIsraeli Culture and the Evolutionary Revolution
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesRevolution outside Evolution inside may be just what the doctor ordered for the impatient Israeli change leader. The post Israeli Culture and the Evolutionary...
View ArticleLKCE11 Pecha Kucha – Change Program Stall Avoidance 101 Policies Kanban – Now...
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteChange Program Stall Avoidance 101 & Policies Kanban View more presentations from Yuval Yeret The post LKCE11 Pecha Kucha – Change Program Stall Avoidance 101...
View ArticleLean Conference 2012 Brickell Key Award Nomination
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteI’m incredibly proud to be nominated for the Lean-Kanban-University Brickell Key Award for 2012. I’m especially proud to be among such a wonderful and diverse cadre of...
View ArticleKanban Networks Exercise
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the approaches I’ve been using lately with clients is starting with whole system Kanban, focusing on Discovery and Delivery, and then potentially zoom into Team...
View ArticleKanban Accredited Training Workshop @ Israel March 21-22
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteAs I wrote about earlier, AgileSparks is proud to be one of the charter members of the Lean Kanban University Accredited Kanban Program. I’ll be running our first...
View ArticleKanban Method – Finding the Minimally Viable Change
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesA perfect storm is brewing: Jeff Anderson has been talking about the connection between Kanban and LeanStartup A discussion about Kanban Training Materials with Mike...
View ArticleKanban Training after Scrum Gathering Atlanta May 10-11 2012
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m proud to be on the speaker roster for Scrum Gathering Atlanta this May. I will be talking about why I think Continuous Improvement is broken and share thoughts,...
View ArticleWhere is the “Customer Development” aspect of the Lean Startup for Change...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently wrote about finding the Minimum Viable Change and have been thinking about it some more, especially while working on my presentation for upcoming Scrum...
View ArticleSo what IS Scrumban?
Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutesBackground 3 years ago in Agile Israel 2009 I talked about ScrumBan. The slideshare presentation has been one of most popular ones, and remarkably enough it is the...
View ArticleDo we need Scrum to get to Kanban???
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesI just wrote a lengthy reply on a kanbandev thread about Using Scrum to implement Kanban and vice versa and thought I would share it here, especially so I can tweet it...
View ArticleImpressions from Lean Systems and Software Conference 2012 Boston
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I prepare to check out from the Boston Seaport Hotel which was the venue of this year’s LSSC conference (and did a magnificent job hosting us!), here are my...
View ArticleDo we need stack ranking in a kanban system?
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesI want to talk about a kanban system design issue today. Do we need a way to portray full stack ranking of cards throughout a kanban system or is it enough to see stack...
View ArticleThe Scrum Sprint Commitment/Forecast as an Expectation
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesDisclaimer – I’m a well-known Scrum Sprint Commitment basher. But in the last few weeks especially while processing the Lean Conference Boston Keynote by Steven Spear...
View ArticleWhy Agile Testing
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesBackground I recently had a couple of weeks with a few activities related to “Agile Testing”. “Agile Testing” for those not familiar with it is the name we give to the...
View ArticleExperiencing Kanban System Design
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a Kanban Trainer I often introduce people to the Kanban Method for evolutionary change and the aspects of evolving system design and how they drive improvement. I’ve...
View ArticleUsing card types and filters as “Virtual Horizontal Swimming Lanes” on a...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a serious break from Kanban Mechanics posts, here is one for you Kanban System Designers/Practitioners out there… I’ve recently become a fan of the “Virtual...
View ArticleMay the WIP Games begin…
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesPreface The day has come for FLOWer to bloom (maybe we should call it “Hatzav” (maritime squeel) after the flower that brings the autumn here in israel… btw we are in...
View ArticleRecent Reading Lists
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute(UPDATE: This post is quite deprecated now. For up-2-date reading lists go to the AgileSparks Per-Topic Reading Lists) I’ve recently gone into Seal/Whale mode and didn’t...
View ArticleBootstrapping Agile (by yourself) using Kanban – My Agile Israel 2013 talk
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesAgile Israel 2013 took place yesterday. This year was they year of “Hands on”. Around 600 attendees came to get practical hands on advice on multiple aspects of the...
View ArticleSensing and increasing manager engagement during an agile change initiative –...
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesEarlier this week I published a guest post about how managers need to change if they want agile to succeed by Yaki Koren. Some blog/twitter followers asked for...
View ArticleLean Kanban North America is coming to San Francisco but when will I have...
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesLean Kanban North America a.k.a Modern Management Methods conference for 2014 is coming up. This year it will take place in beautiful San Francisco. I love San...
View ArticleKanban FAQ: Should I FINISH what I’m working on or help the team READY new...
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce people start to get “Stop Starting Start Finishing” thinking (Kanban) or the “Focus on the current sprint” thinking (Scrum) a frequent question that comes up is...
View ArticleHow to limit WIP when you cannot block arriving work requests?
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutesA concern that comes up frequently when you start talking about applying a WIP limit is: “So, what I understand from you is that at some point you will block incoming...
View ArticleThe synergies of Kanban & DevOps
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteI believe Kanban and REAL DevOps are a match made in heaven. I really do. I know I’m not the only one. Leading into Agile India 2015 InfoQ interviewed me about this....
View ArticleSo What Is The Agile Boost Camp Workshop?
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes“This format is amazing. All workshops should run this way”. This is the comment we heard from a recent participant of our recently created Agile Boost Camp format. In...
View ArticleFlow-driven Product Development – Upcoming webinar w/ LeanKit
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteLeanKit asked me to host a webinar for their highly popular webinar series. I naturally accepted. And it was also just natural that the topic would be Kanban/Flow in...
View ArticleFlow-driven Product Development webinar w/ LeanKit
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteWhat a week. A full exhilarating week in Boston working with a product development group which I’ve been helping the last couple of months. They recently formed into 7...
View ArticleAgile New England Meetup on July 14th in Boston – Lean, Agile, DevOps, Flow,...
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteAgile New England and the Boston Limited WIP Society invited me to give a talk on my next visit to Boston. The SES group in Siemens PLM (my client… ) graciously agreed...
View ArticleHow to REALLY Add Learning to your Agile Marketing Flow
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutesAdding Learning/Feedback to the Value Stream – A core aspect of Agile “Inspect and Adapt” – Especially on Agile Marketing teams. Whenever I work with a team, program,...
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