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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:58 AM

The relationship between Agile and Lean – one man’s perspective

This is a copy of a post I wrote to leanagile on 6 Oct, 2009. I have copied it here because I feel that it explains my perspective well. One of the things that has caused me to embrace both Agile and Lean is that they are not closed systems. Each of them
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:10 PM

I have heard of kanban!

My friend Matt Heusser recently posted a perspective on kanban that I feel warrants a bit of discussion. I greatly respect Matt and his opinions on testing, software, and life in general. I feel that this post provides me a great opportunity to address
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Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:13 AM

Shu Ha Ri for Kanban systems

Context A recent discussion on the kanbandev list interested me because it really brought a focus on what we mean when we say “kanban”. First, David Anderson posted: On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:35 PM, netherby_uk wrote: (#1) kanban (small k) - meaning signal
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:12 PM

Incredibly generic procress description

Excerpted from the first draft of my experience report for leankanbanconference.com: Somebody has an idea to add value. Somebody approves the idea has merit, requests that it be built. Somebody transforms the idea into a set of specific changes that need
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:36 PM

Lean & Kanban Conference update

A new program and pricing structure has been created for the Lean & Kanban Conference in Miami. There is now a Lean Day and a Kanban Day, each with a single track. The idea behind the new program is that it allows everyone to be able to see all the
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Monday, January 12, 2009 10:53 AM

Continuous Integration - When and why?

Earlier today, on Twitter Me: Having issues with the positioning of continuous integration vs branching models lately. Absence of latent code pattern description, mostly. Scott: What are the issues? Me: Mostly around cross-team/large product situations
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:39 AM

Announcing Lean & Kanban 2009 Miami

(Rescheduled to) May 6th-8th http://www.leankanbanconference.com/ I'll be speaking, as will many of the leading thinkers in the Lean and Kanban software movement. Definitely worth a look at the site, and I really hope to see many of you there! The announcement
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:18 PM

Design Stories - A bridge between roles

This idea has been forming among our architecture group this week and I think it has enough potential to open up for public discussion. I'm hoping to get some good criticism and references to prior art I can draw on. Overview: Traditional stories provide
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:52 PM

Thirsty Developer and "happenings"

Hello all! It's been a good while since I've taken the time to do my own writing? Why is that? Here's your list of excuses... err... reasons. First, and most importantly, I feel that this is the time of year when I should withdraw a bit from thep professional
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:54 PM

Learning from Fast Food

Chipotle has the fastest service of any fast food vendor I go to. Rush hour, takes five minutes max. Go in when they're nearly empty and I can be out in under a minute. Feels faster than the best McDonald's times, even if it's not really. Why is this?
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Monday, October 20, 2008 11:56 AM

Higher Education and Software Development: Following parallel paths

I’m typing this in the car on my way to Ohio to see the in-laws because I just finished having an incredibly compelling discussion with my wife. My wife is an educator and has a masters of education specialized in adult online learning with a minor in
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:11 PM

Back from Agile2008!

Wow, so much I probably should talk about, but I don't even know where to start. Massive amounts of networking, information, realization, and even contribution going on, and I can't unravel it at all right now. I think there's a lot of potential for transforming
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