Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Kanban Roundup - June 20, 2012

                                                                                          By Dominica DeGrandis

Why do I feel (more than ever before), an incredible surge in learning?  Perhaps all the material just released from Lssc12 in Boston?  Perhaps the recent travel in Europe providing different reflections?  I haven’t even gotten to Mayrhofen yet and my brain is revving up to make room for even more learning at the Kanban leadership retreat (#klrat).  This roundup includes none other than great learning material.

News

Benjamin Mitchell’s (@benjaminm) post provides two more validations on points worthy of repetition: 1. Good intentions are not enough.  2. After standup is primo time for getting important work done.  Read on for reasons why….
http://blog.benjaminm.net/2012/06/08/kanbanvisualisationsconversations/

Leave it to Hakan Forss to offer some playfulness while learning about Toyota Kata.
https://hakanforss.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/agile-lego-toyota-kata-an-alternative-to-retrospectives/

Parents with school children trapped in the mandated DOE agenda regimen will relate to this post on alternative homework solutions using “KanPlan” for kids. 
http://agileandfamily.blogspot.be/2012/06/mother-creative-solution-for-helping.html

A question on 3-tiered boards posted on kanbandev
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/message/15707
and kanbanops http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbanops/message/194
resulted in some intriguing responses.  Torbjorn Gyllebring (@drunkcod) reminded us of two benefits for using single-tiered boards: 1) It’s Easier to change a board design with fewer people to re-educate and 2) Humans cognitive capabilities & sense making capacities are limited.

Videos from the Lean Software & Systems conference (lssc12) in Boston continue to come online.
http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/

Events

Kanban Leadership Retreat – Mayrhofen, Austria Jun 20-22 (#klrat)
http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/client/KLRAT/

Kaizen Camp – Seattle, WA July 24-25 (#kaizencamp)
http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/uncategorized/kaizen-camp-seattle-2012/

CALM Beta – Boulder, CO Aug 1-2
http://cognitive-edge.com/network/news/entry/5603/calm-beta-boulder-colorado-august-1st-2nd/

Lean Agile Scotland – Edinburgh, Scotland Sept 21-22 (#lascot12)
http://www.leanagilescotland.com/

Lean Kanban France – Paris, France Oct 18-19 (#lkpa12)
http://lkfr.org/

Lean Kanban Central Europe – Vienna, Austria Oct 22-23   (#lkce12)
http://www.lean-kanban.eu

Resources

Lean Kanban University (LKU)
http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com/

Kanbanops
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbanops/

Kanbandev
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/

Limited WIP Society
http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/

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