Devops is related to bringing Development and Operations closer together.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Kanban Weekly Roundup - Jan 17, 2012
By Dominica DeGrandis
It is fun to discover articles sprinkled with Kanban properties, even though they don’t specifically mention Kanban. I stumbled across several good ones this week.
Having worked for their competitor for many years, I find this list of principles from Getty Images very interesting. They flow, they pull, they stop the line, they optimize the whole, etc… It sounds too good to be true. http://blog.gettyimages.com/2012/01/17/from-our-lean-and-agile-dev-team/
Disclosure - this article isn’t really about Kanban, but “What’s in Store for 2012: A Few Predictions” offers all around good insights for us. In particular, the value of software will continue to decline as open source contributions continues to rise and bring an overload of choices – perhaps too many. http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2012/01/13/2012-predictions/
Kanban for IT Services & Operations - Dearborn, MI Mar 12-13, 2012
David J. Anderson’s
An Official “Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” Class
with Dominica DeGrandis (instructor)
IT Operations & Services teams are often plagued by problems related to the constant flood of demands for their time. This 2-day workshop introduces how the Kanban Method can help Ops teams balance that demand against their capability to deliver. Teams who build and maintain software systems can realize many benefits from a strong alliance with internal and external customers. We will look at how using a service-delivery approach can help unify teams and promote cross-functional collaboration.
We begin by studying the demand on your team, department or organization and learn how to gather data to understand the capability of your system and how it operates. Discussions and interactive exercises on the Kanban Method will address the following topics:
- Specialization and bottlenecks
- Dependencies on external groups
- Interlude from never-ending work
- Early input mechanisms
- Variable task size
- Interrupt driven work
We will also look at ways to manage risks related to the increasing complexity around software delivery and support. Attendees play the “Kanban for Ops” version of the GetKanban game.
Working in small teams, class attendees will analyze and design a Kanban system that they can bring back to the organization to implement right away.
Based on David J. Anderson’s book “Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business”, attendees of the class will receive a copy of the book.
Class Schedule
Day 1
Kanban Mechanics
- Demand Analysis
- Workflow Mapping
- Visualization
- Work Item Types
- Work-in-progress Limits
- Classes of Service
- Kanban Simulation Game - customized for Operations
Day 2
Kanban Progression
- Kanban System design
- Operations Review
- Case Studies
- Risk Management
- Metrics
- Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Variability and predictability
- How to Get Started with Kanban
Is this for you?
This training provides a useful perspective for improving work done on the periphery of software development. If ever-more frequent deliveries from software development are increasing pressure on your teams and creating bottlenecks in the delivery process, look at Kanban to extend agility and balance to IT services and operations teams. From Data Administrative Services to Deployment & Release Managers to Help Desk, this class covers beginning to intermediate level material.
About the presenter
Dominica specializes in Kanban for IT Services and Operations - with teams interacting with software development. She spent her first 15 years in software engineering deeply embedded in Development teams performing builds, deployments and environment maintenance. She has worked in organizations of all sizes, from the US Army, Boeing, and AT&T to small start-ups. Dominica first worked for David Anderson at Corbis in 2006 where she helped deliver the first implementation of Kanban for software engineering in the US. Adept at leading teams performing Configuration Management and Release Management, Dominica found a passion for improving the way development and operations teams work together.
Our last Roundup of 2011 includes two stories from the trenches – one on evolving standups and the
other on scheduling deployments. Also included is a concise list of events and resources to end the year.
Peaceful holidays everyone!
News
Sami Honkonen (senior consultant at Reaktor), captures a story of evolving standups in a recent post, “Kanban Daily Revisited”.
Worth noting - they formalize notifications by including them in their standup agenda. http://www.samihonkonen.fi/2011/11/kanban-daily-revisited/
Kanban for IT Services & Operations - Orange County, CA Jan 26-27, 2012
David J. Anderson’s
An Official “Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” Class
with Dominica DeGrandis (instructor)
Kanban is a framework for changing, for improving, the way an organization works together. If ever-more frequent deliveries from software development are increasing pressure on your teams and creating bottlenecks in the delivery process, look at Kanban to extend agility and balance to IT services and operations teams.
This 2-day Kanban training class uses an interactive teaching method to help students gain an understanding of Kanban Pull Systems and how to apply them to IT services and Operations. Working in small teams, class attendees will analyze and design a kanban system implementation.
Based on David J. Anderson’s book “Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business”, attendees of the class will receive a copy of the book.
Because the value of software is achieved only after being deployed to production, the class begins by studying and mapping the workflow across your organization. You’ll learn how to improve predictability and therefore increase customer satisfaction. You’ll learn how to use policies to manage risk and to reset negotiations and recast them as collaborative problem solving.
Used effectively, Kanban will change you and your organization. If your workplace has been stagnating and you are looking for new ideas to handle increasing complexity around software delivery and support, take 2 days and come along.
What you will learn
Day 1
Kanban Mechanics
- Demand Analysis
- Workflow Mapping
- Visualization
- Work Item Types
- WIP Limits
- Classes of Service
- Kanban Simulation Game customized for operations
Day 2
Kanban Progression
- Kanban System design
- Operations Review
- Case Studies
- Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Variability and predictability
- How to Get Started with Kanban
- Economic Cost Model for Lean
- Metrics
About the presenter
Dominica specializes in Kanban for IT Services and Operations - with teams interacting with software development. She spent her first 15 years in software engineering deeply embedded in Development teams performing builds, deployments and environment maintenance. She has worked in organizations of all sizes, from the US Army, Boeing, and AT&T to small start-ups. Dominica first worked for David Anderson at Corbis in 2006 where she helped deliver the first implementation of Kanban for software engineering in the US. Adept at leading teams performing Configuration Management and Release Management, Dominica found a passion for improving the way development and operations teams work together.
Is this for you?
If you would like to learn how Kanban, Pull Systems and Lean, can provide a useful perspective for improving work done on the periphery of software engineering and you are performing IT Services or Operations, this class is for you. From data administrative services to deployment/release managers to help desk, this class covers beginning to intermediate level material.
Location:
Newport beach, CA, USA
Venue:
Fashion Island
451 Newport Center Dr.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
“Can the Kanban Method Avoid Becoming another management Fad” by Benjamin Mitchell. Actually, a 60 min video, Benjamin challenges the Kanban method by identifying some gaps and inconsistencies. It is both entertaining and thought provoking. http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Kanban-Management-Fad
The Lean Enterprise Software and Systems conference is underway this week in Stockholm - follow #Less2011. Katherine Kirk’s presentation on “Kanban and the Importance of Equanimity” received the “Best talk of the day” award - no surprise there. Katherine talks about navigating politics and data aversion at the BBC. Unfortunately, none of the presentations are being recorded - slides are supposed to be available next week. http://less2011.leanssc.org/
The Systems Thinking in Action conference is underway in Seattle - follow #stia11. Attendees say the keynote by Katie Salen was amazing and included a multi-player rock paper scissors game with 300+ people. http://www.systemsthinkinginaction.com/
