This group discusses the use of The Kanban Method to drive change in technology businesses, as defined in David J. Anderson's book, "Kanban - Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business"

The Kanban Method was first described by David Anderson in 2007. Since then many have adopted it and reported successful implementations. This group aims help current practitioners. New members are recommended to visit the Limited WIP Society, where a list of useful resources can be found, including relevant blogs and published articles.

David Anderson has defined the Kanban Method as
First follow the foundational principles

• Start with what you do now
• Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
• Initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles
• Encourage acts of leadership at all levels

Alistair Cockburn has referred to these as the "Kanban imperatives", however, all 5 are not essential initially. Partial adoption would merely be considered a shallow implementation while the presence of all 5 would show a deep implementation.

Members are encouraged to focus on inquiry, dialogue, ideas and understanding, rather than advocacy, argument, individuals and defensiveness, and asked to keep posts relevant to Kanban. Thanks

We want to maintain a very high signal to noise ratio on this list. As such, announcements and commercial posting will not be tolerated unless they are from regular contributors, and specifically about a Kanban related topic.