Kanban 101
Evolving your Agile process through Kanban and Lean
A one-day workshop presented by Jeff Anderson and Michael Sahota, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 at the Toronto Board of Trade.
Course Summary
Kanban for Lean Software Development is quickly becoming adopted by Agile software teams as the next Agile toolkit. Kanban is a visual card system used to make intangible work visible and manage flow in the software development process. Surprising for most people is that Kanban can be directly applied to your existing SDLC with minimal disruption. Don’t come because this is what all the cool kids are doing; come because you want to deploy a system for improving delivery effectiveness within your organization.
Intended Audience
Pre-requisites: none
- Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches
- Managers, Team Leads, Project Managers
- Non-software people interested in visual management (Operations, support, etc.)
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 visualize and manage your existing process more effectively
- How to rapidly identify problems and bottlenecks
- 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.
Presenter Biographies
Jeff Anderson has over 15 years experience in running software delivery engagement of various shapes and sizes. He has led and participated in the entire software delivery lifecycle, leveraging a range of agile and lean techniques. Recently Jeff has lead the creation of the Deloitte LEAN toolkit, an improvement framework focused on helping clients achieve better software delivery related business outcomes.
Michael Sahota Michael Sahota works as a trainer and Certified Scrum Coach at Agilitrix in Toronto to help businesses accelerate the delivery of value. With software teams, this may include introducing modern software delivery techniques such as Scrum or Kanban. He helps Product Managers collaborate with stakeholders and customers to identify innovative and valuable products through Innovation Games®. Michael is internationally recognized as an Agile thought leader through regular conference presentations and selection as a top Agile blogger. Michael's passion unleashing creativity and achieve breakthrough results through Play. In addition to a variety of games and simulations, he is also trained in StrategicPlay® with Lego® SERIOUS PLAY®.
