Kanban is not a novel idea. It is a well-practiced and known method for organizations to increase productivity and efficiency, reduce the lead time of processes and improve delivery flow. However, historically Kanban has been frequently misunderstood. Many people think that Kanban is just a whiteboard with stickies in columns of to-do, doing, and done. […]
Enterprise Kanban Implementation: Where to Start and How to Scale Across an Organization
The Evolution of Kanban At its core, Kanban is a management method designed to improve customer satisfaction by creating fast and reliable workflows capable of delivering products and services of superior quality. Kanban originated in the automotive industry of Japan and was originally developed as a method for improving manufacturing efficiency at Toyota. However, at […]
Syncfusion Releases Essential Studio 2020 Volume 1
Latest version brings new Kanban, Progress Bar, and Card controls to comprehensive Blazor suite Research Triangle Park, N.C., April 09, 2020—Syncfusion, Inc. announced today the release of Essential Studio 2020 Volume 1. The highlights of this release include new Kanban, Progress Bar, and Card controls in preview for the Blazor suite and the move of 11 other […]
The 5 Core Principles of Lean Management
Lean project management is rooted in cost-saving manufacturing methodologies. The ultimate goal of lean methodology is to reduce waste. Companies in all industries have adopted lean principles into their own processes, but lean is most suited toward physical manufacturing, engineering and related industries. Regardless of your company’s size or the activities of your organization, lean […]
Kanban for Operations and Traffic Court
Howard stepped off the elevator and into the lobby. His eyes were puffy and felt like someone had scrubbed them with sand paper. Looking around the office, he made a beeline for the coffee machine. It was one of those fancy jobs where you use a touch screen to select all the different flavors, textures […]
5 Team Skills That Make DevOps a Success
When starting their DevOps journey, your team will discover it needs to develop some new skills. Most likely the team is good at typing code and solving issues, but what about the soft skills? Many teams have to learn how to deal with issues themselves—as self-supporting teams, there is no longer a manager who will […]
Why Is There No DevOps Manifesto?
Let’s start with a brief story: There’s a scene in a movie called “A Few Good Men” in which a lawyer is questioning a cadet. The lawyer directs the cadet to turn to the page in the thick Marine Code Manual that explains where to find the canteen. And the cadet replies, it isn’t in there. And the lawyer says, “Well, you […]
4 Ways DevOps Teams Create Value.
Sven Malvik – I’ve written thousand of lines of code based on lies, lies I hoped were the truth. The truth is that we make false assumptions. Assumptions that kill our business. I’ve built software that was too expensive, I’ve built software nobody wanted, and I’ve built software that never saw the light. If you […]
Think you’ve established Kanban? Why you might only be halfway there
As a Lean Coach working in IT I often hear development teams refer proudly to their scrumboards as an example of Kanban. To which I say, ‘that’s a great start… but it’s really only just the start’. Let’s start with what a scrumboard is, and does. A scrumboard is a visual display of work, showing […]
In Support of DevOps: Kanban vs. Scrum
The Kanban software development methodology is getting a lot of attention as of late, particularly for its ability to enable DevOps. Some organizations are even going so far as to move from Scrum to Kanban to improve efficiencies. We use Scrum at OutSystems, since we’re doing feature development that requires stakeholder feedback. The sprint lock […]