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A Kanban System for Software Engineering

Presented by David Anderson on Mar 26, 2009

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Agile
Topics
Methodologies ,
Agile Techniques
Tags
Lean ,
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Kanban ,
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Summary
David Anderson presents a brief history of the kanban system through case study reports from teams at Microsoft and Corbis. Kanban acts to limit work-in-progress and focus the team on achieving a continuous flow of value to the customer and innovates on accepted agile management practices by providing an iteration-less process with a regular release cadence.

Bio
David Anderson is thought leader in managing effective software team. He is a board member and founder of the APLN and signatory of the project management Declaration of Interdependence. Recently,David led a team that introduced many Lean ideas. The results were astounding. The team demonstrated high levels of productivity, improved lead times and quality.

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Currupted video?! by Peter Kerschbaumer Posted Jun 22, 2009 10:51 AM
Re: Currupted video?! by Floyd Marinescu Posted Jun 23, 2009 9:52 AM
PPT by Aloy Mendoza Posted Jul 17, 2009 12:01 AM
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    Currupted video?!

    Jun 22, 2009 10:51 AM by Peter Kerschbaumer

    The video stopped at around 50 minutes.

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    Re: Currupted video?!

    Jun 23, 2009 9:52 AM by Floyd Marinescu

    Hi Peter, for me it runs fine. Try moving the time slider to just after 50 minutes so you can continue watching it.

    Floyd

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    Jul 17, 2009 12:01 AM by Aloy Mendoza

    Can we get Power Point Slide copies also? Some of the slides overlap due to animation i think.

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