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 …
“In Kanban, how do you determine what size of work item you should pull in?” This was recently asked in one of my Kanban classes. Often, this type of question comes from someone familiar with the Scrum framework who is trying to understand how to break work items down in Kanban. As part of the …
The Benefits of Defining your Service Level Expectation Read More »
Un sistema Kanban tiene como objetivo optimizar el valor optimizando el flujo al encontrar el equilibrio adecuado entre eficacia, eficiencia y previsibilidad en la forma en que se realiza el trabajo. Las políticas juegan un papel fundamental en el éxito de un sistema Kanban. Los miembros del equipo pueden comprender sus roles y responsabilidades con …
Revoluciona tu flujo de trabajo: el impacto de las políticas en un sistema Kanban Read More »
A Kanban system aims to optimize value by optimizing flow by finding the right balance of effectiveness, efficiency, and predictability in how work gets done. Policies play a critical role in the success of a Kanban system. Policies in a Kanban system define rules, guidelines, team member roles and responsibilities, and procedures for handling work …
Revolutionizing Your Workflow: The Impact of Kanban Policies Read More »
Let’s address the immediate question… It’s rather odd that I’m discussing a Scrum Event on a Kanban blog! However, I’m a firm believer that Scrum and Kanban complement each other exceptionally well. Kanban brings Flow Metrics, Work Item management, and powerful forecasting tools to Scrum, and in turn, the Scrum Framework helps ensure that we …
I was recently introduced to an incredible study about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Agile by the Business Agility Institute based on interviews and surveys with over 400 agile organizations. The report takes an academic approach to outlining critical concepts that we likely all think we know and may be blurring the lines between. And …
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 …
Kanban for Shared Services Teams – Using data to deliver predictably Read More »
I’m a Scrum Master, in fact, I’m fairly sure that if you sliced off my arm you’d see Scrum written through me like a stick of rock at the seaside. So why did I volunteer to write an article for a Kanban Blog? In an attempt to answer, I’m going to start by telling you …
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. …
The internet is probably filled with multiple definitions of Kanban. Most of them contradicting each other. It also seems that most folks have their own (mis)understanding of what Kanban is. We, at ProKanban.org, base our understanding of Kanban both on classic texts (works of Dr. Little, Shewhart, Deming etc.) as well as our own day …
