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More articles by Dr. Klaus Leopold. Page 6 of 16.
Chapter 5 of my book, Practical Kanban, has now been published. Only one chapter left to publish and the book will be complete. Hooray! What is Chapter 5 going about? Generally speaking, you could probably say it discusses prioritization. To be more precise
Read articleI am always pleased to get feedback on the work I have done with clients. After we sent out our July Newsletter, Anton Spitzer from Porsche Informatik in Salzburg contacted us. His colleague, Oliver Bonrad, wrote an article about how Porsche Informatik uses
Read articleDaniel S. Vacanti is a software veteran. He started as a Java Developer/Architect and has worked with Lean and Agile methods for more than 15 years. Dan was involved to the development of Kanban, and he was part of the first Kanban project in 2007. With his company “Actionable Agile”, he has special
Read articleIn this episode I am discussing with Joanne Perold one particular question: “What shall we do when there is too much work in the system?” You probably know the situation when you start to visualize your work, the whole system is overloaded with work. We discuss strategies of how you could deal with
Read articleI am frequently fine-tuning my Flight Level model. The way I see it, right now there is a flaw: It appears as if management at Flight Level 3 makes the decisions and everyone else has to implement them. This shouldn’t be the case, especially if the company’s mission is to be innovative (which is a [
Read articleKlaus: You use models to simulate different future scenarios. How did you come across this, and what is the best way to use models and simulations? Troy: I have an electrotechnical education and am familiar with simulating electrical circuits. It felt like a good fit with IT. Simulations – especiall
Read articleAs the chapter headline suggests, Chapter 4 of Practical Kanban is all about forecasting when work is done. You will find answers to these main questions: When is this work item finished? When are these N work items finished? How many work items can be delivered by the date X? The good news is that
Read articleRecently, as I was leading the design of a C-level strategic portfolio board (Flight Level 3), an interesting question arose: How do you organize a board with swim lanes so that it makes sense? This is not a trivial question since a swim lane, or line, is a very dominant element. Quite often, discus
Read articleBosch Automotive Electronics, with their headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany, is worldwide one of the most important suppliers and development partners for the automobile industry, but also for other fields of application. The microelectronic products like semiconductors and sensors are used in brak
Read articleDone! The next chapter of my new book Practical Kanban is published. This 31-page chapter is all about “Kanban at Scale”. I show with a case study how Kanban was used to develop a sales platform with about 200 people involved. Then I write about what it means to scale Kanban. Kanban is inherently sc
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