Kanban 101: Evolving your Agile process through Kanban and Lean

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Trainers: John Goodsen and Michael Sahota

Kanban for Lean Software Development is quickly becoming adopted by Agile software teams as the next Agile software process. Kanban is a visual card system used to make intangible work visible and manage flow in the software development process.

Course Content

During this action-packed workshop you will participate in several interactive group sessions where you will have the opportunity to practice key concepts. You will learn:

What is Kanban and when to use it

  • How to map a software development value stream
  • How to apply Lean principles such as identifying waste and visualizing flow
  • How to improve your Scrum process with Kanban
  • How you can use Kanban to create change
  • How Kanban supports scaling Agile within large organizations

How will the course be structured

  • Learn by doing. Most of the session will be hands-on learning so that you remember the material after you leave.
  • Open door on knowledge. We know a lot but not everything - come ready to share you knowledge and perspectives.
  • Get ready for a challenge. We are going to ask some tough questions to help you integrate the learning.
  • Fun. People learn more when they have fun, so we have some interactive games planned.

Who should attend?

  • Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches
  • Managers, Team Leads, Project Managers
  • Non-software people interested in visual management (Operations, support, etc.)

John Goodsen

John Goodsen is a seasoned Lean/XP/Scrum Coach and Founder/President of RADSoft. He is an Extreme Programmer/Coach and has been coaching XP/Scrum/Lean teams since 1999. He is recently most interested in Kanban systems thinking as it applies to software product development.

Michael Sahota

Michael has 15 years experience in software development and 10 years of proven leadership skills including leadership roles such as V.P., Director and team lead. Over the last 9 years, Michael has been helping companies adopt Agile and Lean practices.

Michael became a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) in 2004 and is huge advocate of better (XP) engineering practices since discovering unit testing in 2001. He is a fan of Lean practices such as A3, Value Stream Mapping, and Kanban. Michael has a B.A.Sc. from University of Toronto in Engineering Science and a M.Sc. from U.B.C. in Computer Science.

Michael lives and works in Toronto as an independent Agile and Lean coach, consultant and trainer at Agilitrix.

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