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The Last of Us…Kanban as a Cure for Zombie Scrum

What is Zombie Scrum? We first heard of Zombie Scrum through ‘The Liberators. It refers to teams following the events and practices described in the Scrum Guide without understanding the values and the intent behind these practices. The Liberators define this as – “Mindless, drooling herds of developers, testers, designers and others moaning ‘chaaaange’ and …

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Evolving Open Space at ProKanban.Org

When I got my license to teach ProKanban.Org courses in early 2020, the pandemic was just around the corner and with health restrictions in place, opportunities to meet other trainers in-person were more difficult unless you live in the vicinity of other PK trainers. Fortunately, last month, ProKanban.Org trainers had their second in-person Face-to-Face since …

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Kanban for Shared Services Teams – Using data to deliver predictably

Many organizations have departments within IT where teams or individuals are specialized to do work to support product teams. These teams are often considered shared services, with team members having specific skill sets or working in an area which has traditionally been maintained by a small team. These teams often have their own initiatives to …

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Who defines the workflow, you or your team?

We regularly talk about optimizing the workflow but we don’t talk as often about who should be doing that optimization. Should it be the manager, or some dedicated process specialist, or should we be leaving it up to the team to figure out their own workflow? Spoiler: We should let the team figure it out. …

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The Kanban Pocket Guide: Epilogue – Professionalism and ProKanban.org

This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The Kanban Pocket Guide

What does the future of Kanban look like? You’ve had a great view into how Kanban got started, and how it should look, so what is next for Kanban? I don’t know how long the changes the pandemic brought to the working world will last but there is one that I hope sticks- the relentless …

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