Lots going on this week with the release of a new book on performance and the Lean & Kanban 2011 conference in Benelux. Discussions aplenty this week around kanban boards reflecting reality (or not) and the impact it has to swimlanes (or not).
Pawel Brodzinski’s recent blog post, “Kanban Story: Kanban Board Should Reflect the
Reality”, hits on a kanban design decision worthy of examination. Pawel discusses the
reasons why a board which reflects something better than reality actually contributes to faulty decisions. http://blog.brodzinski.com/2011/10/kanban-board-reflect-reality.html
A post regarding “Kanban for Network Services team” on the kanbanops board generated considerable discussion from the community this week. Great ideas from contributors on how to handle variability due to different work item task size. And yes, swim lanes were suggested from multiple sources as a means to manage variability. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbanops/message/109
Events
Yet another inspiring AGILEMinds initiative, Lean & Kanban 2011 Benelux hosted by Maarten Volders Oct 3-4 included a line up of amazing speakers and thought leaders from all over the world. http://www.agileminds.be/event/2
See twitter hashtag #lkbe11 for inside scoop from attendees and speakers. Looks like there was some feisty debate over swim lanes and damage capacity. We can’t wait to get a look at all the presentations! For now, David Anderson’s slides on “Kanban - When Is It Not Appropriate” are available at http://agilemanagement.net/images/uploads/KanbanWhenIsItNotAppropriate.pdf
Alan Shalloway’s slides on “Lean Kanban is About People” are available at http://www.netobjectives.com/resources/slides/lean-kanban-about-people-lkbe2011
Kanban Leadership Workshop Miami, FL - Jan 11-13, 2012
This 3-day leadership/coaching workshop with David is limited to just 12 people.
This workshop is for anyone tasked with leading a change initiative in their organization or at a client organization in 2012. It is suitable for managers, process engineers, change agents, experienced Agile, Lean, or project management coaches and consultants, existing Kanban practitioners with 1 year of experience, and those who have previously taken David J. Anderson’s Kanban class and are actively using Kanban at work. Attendees are expected to be familiar with the content of the book, “Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business.
These intensive 3 day workshops are intended to transfer the knowledge and skills to enable you to lead Lean transformations using the Kanban Method
The 2012 price for this workshop is $3500 USD per person.
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Regular price $3500 per person
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A copy of the book will be supplied upon registration. Attendees will maximize the value if they are already familiar with the material.
The intent is to have an interactive collaborative session designed to facilitate knowledge sharing and learning. Attendees should come prepared to discuss their own experiences with Kanban and challenging situations they’ve faced with change initiatives at clients or employers
The workshop will open with a round table of introductions and shared Kanban experience. Each participant will be asked for a list of questions they’d like answered over the 3 day session and from this a topic backlog will be built. David will augment this backlog with essential topics and foundational material. The agenda for the remaining time will then be set to insure the fullest of coverage and the maximum value for all participants. The focus will be on shared experience and discussion of the hard questions that clients and team members ask coaches during the introduction of Lean ideas through the use of a kanban pull system. The workshop will include the use of the GetKanban game simulation and discussion of its value as a teaching aid.
The goal is to enable participants to go back into the field and successfully coach Agile/Lean transitions using the Kanban approach. Every workshop is different because of the unique experiences of each participant and their specific focus and desired outcomes. Each participant will received a personal recommendation from David J. Anderson as a result of participating in the class.
Kanban offers agile and project management coaches another tool in their transformation and coaching toolbox. Kanban is proving to be a facilitator of evolutionary change with low resistance and an enabler of accelerated high levels of organizational maturity.
Location: Miami, FL
Venue
DoubleTree by Hilton Grand Hotel Biscayne Bay
1717 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida, United States 33132-1180
Tel: 1-305-372-0313 Fax: 1-305-539-9228
Kanban for IT Services and Operations Training Class - Seattle, WA Oct 6-7, 2011
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.
Register today!
Only $995 per person
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:
Seattle (Eastside), WA USA
Venue:
5400 Carillon Point
Building 5000
4th Floor
Kirkland
Washington
98033
