Session Title: Pulling Value, Lean and Kanban
Submitters: David Joyce
Abstract: Time and popularity have exposed some of the limitation of Agile methods in the real world. Today a growing number of practitioners are applying Lean principles to software engineering.
Kanban helps teams deliver value to the business by promoting flow and reducing cycle time, through limited work in process and a fully transparent value pulling system. It changes the underlying paradigm from project centric to flow and value stream centric. Kanban enables an evolutionary approach to agile transition, and delivers evolution based on Lean principles rather than revolution based on the Agile manifesto.
I will be describing the principles behind Kanban; limiting work in process to team capacity, pulling value through the value stream, making both the work and workflow visible. I will explain how we can combine the flexibility of craft production with the control of a pipeline, and how this becomes a highly transparent and repeatable process and gives all the right conditions for continuous improvement. I will be showing how we can make Lean values actionable and how Kanban is proven easier to adopt and lowers the resistance to change.
I will also aim to dispel some of the myths that currently surround this new approach.
The presentation will include:
- Lean and Kanban for Software Engineering
- Managing Risk and Maximising Value
- Features and Return on Investment
- Metrics
- Beyond Scrum
