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Not all kanban is alike
In the series of “not all work is alike” and “not all change is alike” I could not resist the temptation to write a blog titled “not all kanban is alike”. Mainstream kanban systems (which I will refer to as delivery kanban) as … Continue reading
Posted in Discovery Kanban, kanban, Lean, Lean startup
Tagged discovery kanban, kanban, lean, lean startup
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Visual project management
I did a webinar for LeanKit where I explore the why-how-what of Visual Project Management. Below you can find a link to the slides. Visual Management Webinar – LeanKit & Patrick Steyaert from LeanKit
6D root cause analysis of flow in knowledge work
I have been working on a little framework for analyzing why work is, or is not, flowing. The result can be seen below. It takes the form of an Ishikawa, or fishbone, diagram. The purpose is to look at a … Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Ishikawa, ishikawa diagram, kanban, lean, root cause analysis
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A careful analysis of work organization underlying Scrum and Kanban
The Scrum vs Kanban discussion is quite a debate with many different viewpoints including the viewpoint that it is a pointless debate. I personally think that something useful can be extracted. In order to do so we need to look inside the … Continue reading
Posted in kanban, Lean, Uncategorized
Tagged agile, continuous flow, demand leveling, distributed cognition, kanban, knowledge work, lean, pacemaker, pull, scrum, swarming, Toyota Production System, work cells
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Lean Kanban Europrean Tour 2012 – Resilient change
Here’s the slides of my presentations at LKNL2012 and LKFR2012:
Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability with Kanban
Resilience “Imagine you are on a boat docked in a calm harbor and you want to quickly carry a brim-full cup of water across a stateroom without spilling. Now imagine the same situation but with the boat in rough seas. … Continue reading
Posted in complexity, kanban, panarchy, resilience
Tagged adaptability, kanban, lean, resilience
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Lead time, Loopbacks, Leadership and Learning – 4L root cause analysis of programme performance
Recently I was asked with a colleague to perform a root cause analysis of a large transformation programme. The expectation of the customer was not to perform an assessment of the programme against a best-practice model but really to find … Continue reading
