Well, a one-piece flow system may be CONWIP, but CONWIP does not imply one-piece flow. CONWIP says nothing about how work flows inside the system. It's only...
Hi All, http://www.meetup.com/Limited-WIP-Society-Manchester/events/71119672/ The Manchester branch of the Limited WIP Society is pleased to announce the next...
My apologies if you were planning on coming to Lean Coffee (San Mateo, CA) tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. I have an urgent appointment, so I will be unable to...
I assume everyone in this group is familiar with David Anderson's Kanban book. In chapter 2 (page 15) David enumerates the five core Kanban properties: 1)...
Hi kanban.coach, (oops, by the way, what's your real name?) David discusses property #5 starting with chapter 16 of his book: "Three types of improvement...
I have been contacted by Microsoft for references or case studies of anyone who has used Project Server 2010 (or for that matter Project Server xxxx) in a...
The fifth property is a catch all for the many ways you can implement process improvements. For instance, if you were a lean agilist you might maintain a...
Team Agility: Scrum, Kanban, XP – The Essence of All Three<http://www.netobjectives.com/events/value-stream-series-team-agility-webinar-2012-07> July 17, 9am...
Hi there, About #5: it's barely unspoken (unwritten). Using models to identify opportunities is related to Kaizen philosophy (heart of Lean approach, ie...
Folks, There are a number of changes happening within the Lean Systems Society. As part of this I have chosen to resign from the board and make way for some...
David, thank you for your sharing these open words, thereby also explaining the difference between all those Lean brands. I learnt a lot from this article. ...
Those of you in South America may be interested to hear that 3 places have opened up on my 3-day Advanced Kanban Masterclass for coaches, consultants and those...
As many of you know, I've been working on rewording the 6 core practices of Kanban. I've developed a new version of #6 which I am liking a lot #6 - Improve...
I would make the link between the model and scientific method stronger something like Use scientific method and models to improve collaboratively and evolve ...
Hi, I really like explicitly referring to experimentation and it would be nice to drop the brackets from a plain English point of view. Could it be even...
I'm glad to see "models" back. It's a good thing that we point outside the method, give historical credit where it's due and invite further exploration. Royd,...
Here's my cut on #5. "Collect feedback throughout the activity chain and across the organization at every opportunity. " I believe "activity chain" is David's...
David, I like the concepts. To me, it seems that the other core practices can be tied to specific activities to meet the goal or intent of the core practice. ...
My slides from today's Swift Kanban webinar "How deep is your Kanban?" are available here... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/33524813/DepthOfKanban.pptx I would...
Michael, Good input that the Kanban standard will need to include some definition of "collaboration." ;-) Thanks Linking practices to goals is clearly going to...
David, I believe the diagram is one of the best tools to talk with a common visual language about different Kanban implementations, and also helps us all to...
The slides are also posted on the Limited WIP Society here: http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/presentations When you post your kiviat diagram on Limited...
This is a fantastic idea. Â It would be interesting to get an average radar graph, and then compare your graph with the average, to see how well you're...
Here is quick assessment of one team done by me compared with average of 2 teams. Â https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26384044/Kanban%20Assessment.xlsx Based on this,...
Would we realistically be able to compare radar graphs which are based on a relatively subjective assessment and mapped into the graph? Do we think that we...
Thanks for soliciting our feedback David. My only concern is the word "experimentally" might not resonate with conservative organizations that might embrace...
