by Mike Edwards | Nov 15, 2014 | Agile, Kanban
When I’m teaching a team about Kanban I follow the premise of having different classes of service. I often start them with classes such as Standard, urgent, intangible or date driven. I’m not overly picky on what labels are applied as long as the team is...
by Mike Edwards | Oct 10, 2013 | Agile, Change, Kanban, Lean
Picture a river valley in the spring. When the ice first melts away the river is likely running high with spring runoff. At first there isn’t an issue as the river bed can handle the increased flow of water. Then one of those spring rain storms moves in. The...
by Mike Edwards | Aug 11, 2013 | Agile, Conferences, Kanban, Lean, The Leadership Gift
Last week I attended Agile 2013. This is my first time attending an Agile Alliance conference. My compliments go out to everyone involved with putting it together. In particular I’d like to thank all the volunteers who gave up their time to help us lost souls...
by Mike Edwards | May 26, 2013 | Agile, Behaviour, Compliance, Kanban, Lean, Project Management, Quality
Years ago we put a program in place at home to help make it more livable. We instituted an allowance program based on participation and results (we were young and naive then … what can I say?). One aspect of the allowance program was a monthly inspection of the...
by Mike Edwards | Nov 29, 2012 | Kanban, People
At Gatineau Ottawa Agile Tour 2012 I met a lot of great people (if you weren’t there you missed a GREAT event!). One question I was asked was “would Kanban work for volunteers”. The participant who asked runs a horse boarding facility and she needs to find a...
by Mike Edwards | Sep 12, 2012 | Kanban, Lean
Have you ever looked around a busy organization and wondered if it’s possible for people to have so much WIP they can’t see they have too much WIP? If you know what WIP is skip to the next paragraph. WIP is an acronym for work in progress, and is a count of the number...
