March 2013
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The Optimal Batch Size →
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Kanban Change Leadership →
There is an old saying that people do not object to change; they object to being changed. […]
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How Will Agile Be Remembered? →
So, given waterfall was iterative, Gantt focused more on the theory of constraints not Gantt charts, the Manhattan project was Lean not Phase Gated, and the Polaris project was about rapidly gaining mindshare through iteration, I don’t really hold out much hope for agile methods to be remembered accurately in the future. […]
February 2013
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I Was Wrong About Scrum →
If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything […]
January 2013
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Approaching Change →
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Introducing Kanban through its values →
Introductions to the Kanban method tend start with a description of the kanban card wall (a tool) and lead on to a description of its core practices. If you’re lucky, you’ll get to hear about Kanban’s foundational principles too. […]
December 2012
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Little’s Law – It’s not about the numbers →
November 2012
2 posts
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Kanban at General Secretariat of the Council of... →
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WIP Limits, Pull, Slack and Bottlenecks Explained →
October 2012
6 posts
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Lean Kanban Europe Tour 2012 →
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Understanding Change with Cynefin →
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Burn-up versus Burn-down Chart →
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Applying the PDCA Cycle in knowledge work →
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Is Kanban Agile? →
September 2012
4 posts
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Lean LEGO – The red brick cancer →
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The balancing act of getting to process efficiency... →
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Delete [ScrumMasters] →
I believe the concept of ScrumMaster has done more damage to our industry than it has aided in change […]
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Little’s Law: Isn’t It a Linear Relationship? →
August 2012
7 posts
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Three Reasons to Choose Scrum over Kanban →
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Develop Change Management Capability →
It seems our world is full of lots of advice on how to do things better, or properly, and suggestions on what we should improve and to what we might change. However, the advice on how to introduce, lead and manage change is to found elsewhere. […]
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Change Management vs Process Evolution →
It is ironic that the approach to Agile transitions has been a very non- Agile, big design up-front, make and follow a plan, approach. […]
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Why Are There No Successful Innovation... →
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Radar Charts and Maturity of Kanban... →
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LKU Announces Kanban Coaching Professional... →
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Kanban is (just) a model →
In the end, Kanban - yes - is just a model. Possibly the best we currently have and it is still evolving pretty fast. […]
July 2012
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Experiencing Kanban System Design →
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Development @ msnbc.com - Using Kanban for... →
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Standard Work: Why We Need It →
No standards no kaizen. […]
June 2012
3 posts
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Rightshifting and Adoption of Ideas →
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Pitfalls of Kanban: Abusing WIP Limits →
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Slack Time →
May 2012
3 posts
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Kanban: Thinking tools for portfolio-level... →
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The Miracle of Making Mistakes →
Make no mistake: The fear of making mistakes is deeply ingrained in our psyche. […]
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Kanban - Lack of Roles is a Strength →
As Peter Senge wrote, “People do not resist change, they resist being changed.” […]
April 2012
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Kanban: Is it in the cards? →
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What Makes a Good Retrospective →
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Comparing Kanban and Scrum →
… is pointless […]
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Introduction to Complexity Concepts →
This introduction to the basic concepts of Complexity science is intended to be easy to understand for all people interested in Complexity and its practical applications, Codynamics. […]
March 2012
4 posts
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Why Top Talent Leaves: Top 10 Reasons Boiled Down... →
Top talent leave an organization when they’re badly managed and the organization is confusing and uninspiring. […]
Waterfall Is the Wrong Enemy →
The problem with waterfall was not too much documentation, but documentation over conversation and understanding. The problem was not in developing plans, but in blindly following plans that were developed with too little information. The problem is we like simple tools and easy-to-use processes, and we are following them without understanding when they work best. […]
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Why Your Passion for Work Could Ruin Your Career →
Workers who are inspired are more productive, and passion can provide the energy necessary to fuel engagement, amidst obstacles and setbacks.[…]
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Daily Stand-up is About the Future not the Past →
February 2012
4 posts
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Kanban in its portfolio context →
When I see situations suffering with the all-too-common “massive WIP” problem (usually coupled with slow delivery and shared bottlenecks), my attention turns very quickly from team level to the management support systems that are failing to bring high level control to the overall burden of work that teams are expected to deal with. […]
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Why Kanban? Why Focus on Lead Time Reduction? →
I believe that why we would use a kanban system and why the Kanban Method is an appropriate approach to change are worth re-iterating. […]
Organization complexity is a waste farm →
I think a lot of Agile transformations are just tidying the waste rather than eliminating it. […]
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Effective Standups around Kanban Board →
January 2012
10 posts
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How to Architect An Agile (or any other) Software... →
Apparently you can’t. […]
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Why Investors Who Target Shareholder Value Lose →
