Agile Management by David Anderson

Lean Software & Systems Conference Program Announced

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Lean Software & Systems Conference program has been announced. Each of the 3 days is packed with great content describing how Lean is being adopted and leveraged to generate real business benefits. As with the Miami conference in 2009, the focus...(read more)

Kanban Coaching Workshop Chicago in May Announced

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I've just announced my third public Kanban Coaching workshop in the United States for May of this year to be held in downtown Chicago. I've been collecting some useful blog posts from people who've attended previous sessions... Rachel Davies...(read more)

New Site for Kanban Beginners

Agile Management Blog — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Janice Linden-Reed has launched a new web site to fill what she sees is a gap in the market. Kanban101.com will provide the beginners guide - just the basics and plain language, no frills explanations of all the jargon, terms and mechanisms in Kanban...(read more)

USA Kanban Coaching Workshops

Agile Management Blog — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In February, March and April I'll be repeating my highly successful Kanban Coaching Workshop from London this October. These coaching workshops are designed for experienced agile, project management or process coaches and consultants who are looking...(read more)

Forthcoming Kanban Classes

Agile Management Blog — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'm teaching a few Kanban classes over the next two months in Europe and South Africa. [December] The first of the 2 day classes in Stockholm with Crisp next week [January] Followed by a class in Krakow, Poland and another in Paris, France with Octo...(read more)

Announcing Lean Software & Systems 2010

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The first Lean Software & Systems Conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA between April 21st and 23rd 2010. Registration and the Call for Papers is now open at atlanta2010.leanssc.org The first 50 registrants enjoy a super early discount...(read more)

New Ltd WIP Society Supporter Button

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This week at QCon I am launching a new Limited WIP Society supporter T-shirt design. The new design is also available as a button that you can place on your web site to show support for the adoption of Kanban. If you want to use these assets on your site...(read more)

Still Time For Only Kanban Class in USA 2009

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We've had a robust registration for the Kanban class I am giving in San Francisco on November 16th and 17th. We've got quite a few international attendees. Perhaps they are coming into town for QCon later that week? As well as a handful of locals...(read more)

QCon Kanban Track Nov 18

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'll be chairing the Kanban Track at QCon in San Francisco on November 18th . We've got a good list of speakers lined up including Jeff Patton (reprising his presentation from the UK Lean 2009 conference) and Henrik Kniberg with his Kanban vs...(read more)

Kanban Drives Culture and Organizational Maturity Changes

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

David Joyce has posted a quite remarkable blog summarizing the results at BBC Worldwide since they introduced the use of Kanban, to drive process improvements, one year ago. Improved Predictability as well as Business Agility Many people will review this...(read more)

Kanban Class, San Francisco Nov 16/17

Agile Management Blog — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'll be holding my only Kanban class in North America this year in San Francisco on November 16-17 . The two day class is now divided into 2 parts: Day 1 - Mechanics of Kanban The first day focuses on case studies, theory and exercises to map a value...(read more)

Kanban Classes in UK, Europe this Autumn

Agile Management Blog — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'm going to be touring Europe over the next 3 months giving a series of Kanban classes. These 2 day classes will give you the knowledge to understand what Kanban is all about, why it's important and how it might help your organization. You may...(read more)

Agile 2009 Slides Now Available

Agile Management Blog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I've made my slides for Agile 2009 available in the document archive of agilemanagement.net for everyone who attended or not to use. The great news is that Ryan Martens is interested in applying these ideas at Rally Development already. I should also...(read more)

Get Your Ltd WIP Merchandise

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Over in Kanbanland we've been working hard to help you show your affinity for a new approach to managing work, change and organizational culture. You can now get your Limited WIP Society t-shirts, tank tops, mugs, mouse mats, clocks and notebooks...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup August 1st

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The guys at Silverstripe in India have their own version of how to migrate from Scrum to Kanban . Customer demand is finally driving the major tools vendors to respond and supply Kanban features in their product. Here David Laribee demonstrates on video...(read more)

Kanban Class in Frankfurt, Germany Oct 5/6

Agile Management Blog — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

With my partner in Germany IT-Agile I'll be offering an open Kanban class in Frankfurt this fall, October 5th and 6th. All the details are here on the IT-Agile site. Technorati tag: David+Anderson, Agile+Management, Agile, Lean, Kanban Read More....(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 27th

Agile Management Blog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This week's roundup focuses mainly on Personal Kanban. There seems to be growing interest in this. I haven't tried it myself yet - at least not formally though I do use some of the techniques that others have been describing in terms of balancing...(read more)

Lean & Kanban 2009 Videos Available

Agile Management Blog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

After some delay while we arranged for hosting, the videos from the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference in Miami are now available. I need to thank InfoQ for making all of this happen. As a media sponsor, InfoQ intended to use these videos together with...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 16th

Agile Management Blog — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Jim Benson has been busy posting his continued series on Personal Kanban. He summarized a number of Approaches to Personal Kanban and then drilled down offering us The Time Capsule Approach and The Throughput Approach . This is demonstrating that there...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 14th

Agile Management Blog — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

It was a busy weekend for Kanban blog postings. Meanwhile, I was in the Napa Valley, California biking and wine tasting. Here's a roundup of the last 4 days. First off [in Dutch] Software Innovators have their own take on Kanban . Los Techies tell...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 10th

Agile Management Blog — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Kanban continues to grow in popularity on Twitter with as many as 6 tweets per hour. Meanwhile, we're continuing to see about 1 blog post per day. Here's a roundup of the last few days... Karl Scotland has been busy with 2 posts. Interestingly...(read more)

Personal Kanban

Agile Management Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I had a late evening tea with Jim Benson in an upmarket tea house on Seattle's Ballard Ave last week. We caught up on a bunch of stuff. We've met only twice since I left Modus Cooperandi in September last year. Once we brushed all the personal...(read more)

Proposed Kanban Coaching Workshops

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'm currently planning two Kanban Coaching Workshops. The first in the US is tentatively planned for the week of August 31st, failing which a date in October to be determined. The other will be in London in October. The workshop will be 3 days. Minimum...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 5th

Agile Management Blog — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Just a quick post with a couple of nice items that appeared over the July 4th holiday weekend. Silver Catalyst Software released this video of their new tool being used for a WIP limited kanban pull system including classes of service. Cool! And if you...(read more)

Kanban Blogosphere Roundup July 2nd

Agile Management Blog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I'm unable to post these roundups everyday so they aren't always as timely as would be ideal. A couple of these blog posts appeared within two hours of me posting the last roundup on June 30th. Karl Scotland stirred up a lot of debate with his...(read more)