Jan 31, 2019Who Uses Kanban?I was recently asked the question of where to find well documented case studies of “real world” organizations using Kanban. Read the full article in the SquirrelNorth site.Kanban1 min readKanban1 min read
Nov 16, 2018Visualizing Work — Part 1: Making the Actual Work VisibleYou’ve decided to create a board to make your team’s work visible: what should go on it? how should it be represented? Model Different Kinds of Work Differently A fist clue for an answer to those questions can be taken by observing where the various pieces of work originated: most likely you will find that work…Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
Nov 2, 2018Visualizing Work: If you can’t see it, you can’t manage itHave you ever been to this stand-up meeting? You might have observed a pattern: people take turns to diligently inform each other about their activities during the previous day, and they close with a “no blockers” remark. …Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Sep 1, 2018Commitment, Real Options & KanbanIn the August session of the KanbanTO Meetup we discussed the ideas in the book “Commitment”, by Olav Maassen, Chris Matts & Chris Geary. The topic was well received by the people attending the meeting, but a common comment in the feedback forms was: “how is this related to Kanban?”…Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
Aug 22, 2018Spaghetti with Framework MeatballsMy tweet above generated some interest, so here’s a little more details on what I was thinking. We need a Framework! This story may sound familiar: several development teams start working on some initiative, and after a while somebody makes the observation that several inconsistent approaches for accomplishing the same result exist across…Software Development6 min readSoftware Development6 min read
May 7, 2018“How Agile Are We?“3 Metrics for Service Delivery Agility Most organizations going through some sort of “Agile transition” will eventually ask How Agile are we?, …Agile6 min readAgile6 min read
