Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

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Blue Hole Press, 2010 - 261 pages

Kanban is becoming a popular way to visualize and limit work-in-progress in software development and information technology work. Teams around the world are adding kanban around their existing processes to catalyze cultural change and deliver better business agility. This book answers the questions: What is Kanban? Why would I want to use Kanban? How do I go about implementing Kanban? How do I recognize improvement opportunities and what should I do about them?


Published 10 years ago it is in the top 5 agile books ever published.

 

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Table des matières

Part three Implementing Kanban
6
What Is the Kanban Method?
11
CHAPTER
12
Whos better?
28
From Worst to Best in Five Quarters
35
Mapping the Value Stream
63
Allocating Capacity According to Demand
69
CHAPTER 5
70
a Continuous Improvement Culture
120
CHAPTER 11
123
Metrics and Management reporting _________________________
139
CHAPTER 14
159
CHAPTER 16
187
CHAPTER 17
195
CHAPTER 18
211
CHAPTER 19
219

CHAPTER 7
79
CHAPTER 3
82
CHAPTER 8
91
CHAPTER 9
103
CHAPTER 10
113
CHAPTER 20
235
endnotes __________________________________________
241
Index _____________________________________________
249
about the author _____________________________________
261
Droits d'auteur

Expressions et termes fréquents

activities Agile development Agile software development allocation analysis asked backlog behavior blocked bottleneck buffer build capability capacity card wall change requests chapter class of service CMMI collaborative column continuous improvement coordination costs Corbis defects delivered delivery cadence deployment discussion downstream Dragos electronic tracking estimation example feature Figure flow function implemented input queue issue item types iterations kaizen culture Kanban Method kanban system limit WIP maintenance Microsoft on-demand optimize organization percent performance predictability prioritization cadence prioritization meeting production text changes Prog project manager PTCs pull system Recipe for Success release requirements scheduled Server slack slot social capital software engineering software maintenance sources of variability stakeholders standup meetings swim lanes Team Foundation Server team members testers Theory of Constraints ticket tion tool Toyota Production System transaction costs transparency trust typically user stories value stream visual week WIP limits workflow

À propos de l'auteur (2010)

David is an innovator in management thinking for 21st Century businesses. Author and pioneer of the Kanban Method he has more than 30 years' experience working in the high-technology industry. David previously worked at IBM, Sprint, Motorola, and Microsoft where he developed the Kanban Method to greatly improving business outcomes on an enterprise-scale.Originator of the Kanban Method, and co-creator of the Kanban Maturity Model, the Fit-for-Purpose Framework, and Enterprise Services Planning. David is a global leader in management training and leadership development for professional services, and intangible goods industries.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreKanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
AuteurDavid J. Anderson
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurBlue Hole Press, 2010
ISBN0984521402, 9780984521401
Longueur261 pages
  
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