Real-world Kanban : do less, accomplish more with lean thinking / Mattias Skarin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skarin, Mattias, author.

Kniberg, Henrik, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Kniberg, Henrik, writer of introduction.

Rashid, Fahmida Y., editor.

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

Pragmatic Programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Project management--Automation.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages).

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Do less, accomplish more with lean thinking

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas ; Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookself, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Your team is stressed; priorities are unclear. You're not sure what your teammates are working on, and management isn't helping. If your team is struggling with any of these symptoms, these four case studies will guide you to project success. See how Kanban was used to significantly improve time to market and to create a shared focus across marketing, IT, and operations. Each case study comes with illustrations of the Kanban board and diagrams and graphs to help you see behind the scenes.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Foreword

Take Charge and Make Changes

Inside This Book, You Will Learn…

How the Book Is Organized

Who Should Read This Book?

Helpful Books

Part I- Lean Applied: Four Stories of Improving Using Kanban

1. You Hold the Key to Your Future

What Is Kanban?

What Is Lean?

Find Opportunities to Improve

Improve the Organization with Long-Term Thinking

Key Points to Remember

2. Enterprise Kanban: Improve the Full Value Chain

The Challenge: Improve Time to Market at a Traditional Company

How We Got Started

How the Process Worked

What Lessons We Learned

Comparing Now and Before

Make Your Own Improvements

3. Kanban in Change Management

The Challenge: Managing Dependencies Without Burning Out

How Our Process Worked

How We Continuously Improved

4. Using Kanban to Save a Derailing Project

The Challenge: Restoring Trust by Solving the Right Problem

5. Using Kanban in the Back Office: Outside IT

The Challenge: Keeping Up with Growth

Part II-Appendix

A1. Introducing Concepts

The Elevator Pitch

What Is a Concept?

What's the Big Idea?

How to Get Going with Concepts

Concept Layout

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

"Version: P1.0 (June 2015)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781680501254

1680501259

9781680504514

1680504517

9781680504507

1680504509

9781680500776

1680500775

OCLC:

918902807