Re: Fellow travelers, it is time to free kanban from the shackles of its origin!
So now I understand why so many of these reported kanban systems make me
uncomfortable: the batch size is too large, the WIP is too high vesus whay I
would expect
an Agile team to be doing.
Things as big as entire features are far too large to track and manage
programming work.
>
> Hence, if we want to track how developed something is we ask how much
> information has arrived and give stages of arrival names for
> convenience. [...]
> Regardless of whether there are handoffs or not we can still manage it
> with kanban. There is benefit in limiting WIP and pulling value through.
>
> David
>
> --- In kanbandev@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron Sanders" <aremsan@> wrote:
> >
> > I think software does go through phases, just how big/long to they
> have to be? How big do
>
So now I understand why so many of these reported kanban systems make me uncomfortable: the batch size is too large, the WIP is too high vesus whay I would...
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Hi Robin, Thanks for the welcome. I guess what lay behind my many statements was a question. How does feedback work in Kanban? In manufacturing, you can rely...
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... Hi David, First of all I should declare that I'm sceptical, which isn't always a bad thing. But I am genuinely interested otherwise I wouldn't be here. Who...
Hi Paul, I appreciate your perspective and it's interesting to see how details are being perceived. First off I agree with you much of what we're doing with...
Hi David, I'm not looking to fall out with anyone :) I am truly trying to understand. I'm glad that you acknowledge that pull, kanban, or whatever you choose...
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... Hi Karl, Brain, I understand. Yes this stuff does take effort, but for me it is also very important. Here is where the product vision is turned into...
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