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Kanban Training after Scrum Gathering Atlanta May 10-11 2012

I’m proud to be on the speaker roster for Scrum Gathering Atlanta this May. I will be talking about why I think Continuous Improvement is broken and share thoughts, tips and examples from the field of how to fix it: Avoiding Stalled Improvement Programs – WHY Improvement is broken and HOW to make Continuous Improvement …

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Kanban Method – Finding the Minimally Viable Change

A perfect storm is brewing: Jeff Anderson has been talking about the connection between Kanban and LeanStartup A discussion about Kanban Training Materials with Mike Burrows has nudged me to give more emphasis to the foundational principles and core practices. I’ve been pitching a lot of Lean Startup stuff myself to Product Owners and clients …

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Kanban Accredited Training Workshop @ Israel March 21-22

As I wrote about earlier, AgileSparks is proud to be one of the charter members of the Lean Kanban University Accredited Kanban Program. I’ll be running our first Accredited Kanban Training workshop on March 21-22 in Herzelyia, Israel. This is our highly-praised Kanban training which has been fine-tuned in the last months to align with …

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Kanban Networks Exercise

One of the approaches I’ve been using lately with clients is starting with whole system Kanban, focusing on Discovery and Delivery, and then potentially zoom into Team Agile in some/all streams as the organization understands the concepts of Flow, Stop Starting Start Finishing, Inspect and Adapt etc. It IS typically necessary to go to smaller …

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Accredited Kanban Training

Lean-Kanban University Announces First-Ever Accredited Kanban Training Program Lean-Kanban University. Those involved in the Kanban world are aware of the growing demand for high-quality training and some standard that makes sense of what good Kanban training consists of and the need to feel you are “in good hands” when you’re taking it. In the last …

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