Kanban Evolutionary change management for IT organizations

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January 2011
302 pages, softcover
ISBN: 978-3-89864-730-4

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1 Introduction (PDF)
2 Foreword (PDF)
3 Table of Contents (PDF)
4 The Dilemma of an agile Manager (PDF)
5 Acknowledgements (PDF)
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Kanban is a new change management methodology to implement changes in small steps IT organizations with high acceptance of all parties. By simple means such as visualization and limiting parallel items worked problems and bottlenecks are quickly visible and can be tackled step by step. The growing number of Kanban teams around the world suggests that not only Kanban by the existing process still further improved, but also that a culture develops that is characterized by trust and mutual respect.

In this book David J. Anderson as he has Kanban developed in 2004 as a manager at Microsoft and what experience he has in this time gather with teams around the world. It is not only the basics of Kanban (pull systems, WIP Limits, Kanban boards, tickets, Kaizen) are taught, but also more advanced concepts such as two-stage Kanban boards that deal with congestion and various types of variability.

The book is rounded by a review of Markus Andrezak in which he describes how the mobile.international GmbH organizes its portfolio management with Kanban.

"David's work with Kanban system has been a significant influence on how I approach software development and has changed the way I think about processes. Rather than viewing work in terms of stories, points, and time boxes, I now see WIP, flow, and cadence . This book is a milestone in bringing this perspective to a resist audience, and is a must-read for anyone looking for ways of creating successful and sustainable development organizations. "
Posted to English. Original edition by Karl Scotland, Senior Practice Consultant, EMC Consulting

"This is an exciting and important book that deserves careful reading. What you will get from it will depend on how seriously you read it. No other book will give you a better exposure to these advanced ideas. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have. "
From the Foreword by Don Reinertsen
Target Audience:
Project Manager
IT Manager, Development Manager
Product Manager
Software developers, software architects
Writer / author:
David J. Anderson leads a consulting firm that focuses on improving the performance of IT companies. For almost 30 years he has worked in software development and has thereby managed teams in agile development projects at Sprint, Motorola, Microsoft, and Corbis. The first implementation of Kanban for software development in the year 2005 is due to him. David Anderson is one of the founders of agile software development in that it has helped to develop Feature Driven Development. In addition, he has founded the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN), is first to sign the Declaration of Independence and founding member of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium. He moderates several online communities on the topics of agile and lean software development. And he is the author of Agile Management for Software Engineering: Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results. Lately, he has focused on the development of synergies between the CMMI model for organizational maturity and agile and lean methods, by having done projects with Microsoft and the SEI (Software Engineering Institute). He is co-author of the paper, CMMI and Agile: Why Not Embrace Both, published by the SEI.

David Anderson is at home in Sequim, Washington, USA.

Translator:

Arne Roock's attorney at it-agile GmbH in Hamburg. He has been a long time with Lean Thinking and Kanban software and has published numerous articles on these topics. His current thinking he published on his blog

Henning Wolf is CEO of it-agile GmbH in Hamburg. He has extensive experience in agile software projects (eXtreme Programming, Scrum, FDD) as a developer, project manager and consultant.
Reviews:
"Bottom line: Must get to read and ask for Rumzeigen and Tell the shelf PS. No, nobody has bribed me, I am truly excited." (Zeitung.informatica-feminale.de, 01/2011)
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"There are few books that can build a bridge between a technical and a management station. Andersons 'Kanban' creates das." (H Developers, 3.02.11)