Agile. Lean. Kanban. Scrum. What does all this mean to me as a developer? In this episode of Hallway Conversations, the team chats with Troy Tuttle about all-things-agile in an attempt to get to the root of how an agile approach can be used to improve the effectiveness and the efficiency of your entire project team from business stakeholders to designers to developers to operations and through to your end-users!
Troy explains in-depth the practical theory behind the ideas of Lean that underpin the practice of Kanban in software development. The conversation digs deep (maybe even a little too deep!) on both the practical effectiveness and the true role of the estimating process in software engineering.
If you’re looking for techniques to ramp-up the effectiveness of the process-side of your software development practices, then you don’t want to miss this episode!
Show Notes
Kanban
- http://www.djaa.com/principles-kanban-method
- http://www.agileproductdesign.com/blog/2009/kanban_over_simplified.html
- http://availagility.co.uk/2008/10/28/kanban-flow-and-cadence/
Scrumban
#noestimates
More Kanban Reading
- PDF: How Kanban Helped Siemens Health Services improve their Agility (and they stopped estimating!)
- Project Management with Kanban via Forecasting
Troy Tuttle is a Lean-Agile coach, software developer mentor, and consultant with almost a decade of experience working in Lean-Agile environments. He currently operates KanFlow, a consulting firm dedicated to helping software professionals, teams, and organizations improve by the study and application of Lean and Agile principles and practices. Most of his work is directed by approaches that support better clarity, understanding, and continuous learning about Lean, Agile, and the nature of knowledge work itself.
Troy has been heavily involved in the community as a facilitator and speaker. He founded the Limited WIP Society of Kansas City in 2009—a user group for Lean, Kanban, and Agile practitioners to help others in the community with the theory and practice of Lean software. He also regularly speaks at Lean and Agile events and conferences. Recently his interests have focused on systems thinking and complexity theory as alternative means to achieve a better understanding of Lean and Agile software development.
www.kanflow.com
Twitter: @troytuttle
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troytuttle
www.limitedwipsocietykc.org