Starting a new Lean Kanban method is fairly simple. But once the basics are in play for a while, teams can hit a plateau. Taking Lean Kanban to a higher level is sometimes rocky. This presentation shows you how to level up your Lean Kanban implementation to a system focused on flow and continuous improvement. This was the topic of my talk for DevOpsDays Austin 2017 that I unfortunately didn’t make it to, due to a head cold and stuffy right ear….
Devopsdays Silicon Valley was a blast! No surprise – can’t go wrong with an event hosted at the Computer History Museum. Surprised and honored by how many people showed up so early Saturday morning to watch this keynote, especially after a whole week of tech conferencing with Velocity + Devopsdays. Devops diehards prevail. In this video, I share LeanKit’s 12 month journey to improve alignment between business and technology teams. Check out the video and let me know what you think. For…
At a conference not long ago, I overheard an attendee at a vendor booth ask if there was a way to exclude weekends from Lead Time reports. I politely asked them, “Why do you want to exclude weekends?” He said, “My team doesn’t work over the weekend, I don’t want that time counted against us.” I asked, “How is it that Lead Time metrics count against you?” He said, “It’s in my goals – it impacts my performance review.” This…
The problem for a spouse who can build or fix just about anything is that the other spouse provides them with a long list of things to do. And for a number of reasons, it’s hard for them to say no. Reason #1 is that they like the person who asked. We do things for people we like. The same is true at the office. But getting things done doesn’t always start with yes. In this talk, I describe four…