Learn about the basics of Accelerated Delivery with leading expert practitioner Ian Carroll. In this short video we cover a number techniques including; Agile, Scrum and Kanban. Ideal for getting someone new to accelerated delivery up to speed quickly without too much detail.
A Process of Knowledge Discovery
Creative knowledge work is a process of knowledge discovery. You might say that this statement goes a long way to define creative knowledge work and let the rest be left the imagination, but there is still plenty to be said about the process of knowledge discovery.
“How deep” rebooted: values-based depth assessment
It’s fair to say that I have a complicated relationship with the Kanban Depth Assessment tool. With some excitement, I tweeted this picture from the 2102 Kanban Leadership retreat: The new “shallow versus deep”? #klrat pic.twitter.com/dLH3Gfj1 — Mike Burrows (@asplake) June … Continue reading →
Pulling change through the system
I’m busy finishing the very last chapter of Kanban from the Inside. It’s about the last step of the STATIK implementation process, namely rollout. I treat rollout as a long-running, open-ended process that is very amenable to visual management. In fact, it … Continue reading →
Lean Risk Management Tool
I’ve been experimenting with this approach to risk assessment. Twelve simple questions that act as your crystal ball into the future on the mental impact the work you are undertaking may have to you and your team. It may also help you to get some insight into the likely outcome of your endeavor. All of these…
STATIK, Kanban’s hidden gem
As far as I can tell from my extensive research (two Google searches), I’m the first person to notice that the “Systems Thinking Approach To Introducing Kanban” could go by a nice acronym, STATIK. Not heard of it? You’re probably not … Continue reading →
The Kanban track at #lkna14
It should come as no surprise that the Lean Kanban North America 2014 (#lkna14) conference has a Kanban track. What you might not know is that I’m its chair. I’m taking the opportunity here to say a bit about what we … Continue reading →
Lean Agile Adoption Tool
I often hear teams saying they want to be Agile. I always remind them the end goal isn’t to be Agile but to be effective. Lean Agile practices have the potential to make you more effective but making a list of “Agile practices” and implementing them in your teams without asking why can be a…
My InfoQ series on Kanban’s agendas, Agile India 2014, and some overdue thanks
Over the past few weeks InfoQ has published a series of three articles I’ve written on Kanban’s agendas. Older articles don’t link to newer articles so I list them here in order: The sustainability agenda The service orientation agenda The … Continue reading →
Kanban Values Exercise released
[Cross-posted from edu.leankanban.com] I’ve added an exercise on Kanban’s values to the foundational and advanced practitioner training decks. This has become a fixture even at train-the-trainer events and I ran it twice(!) at the recent Kanban Leadership Retreat in Monterey. From … Continue reading →
