Scrum and Kanban equals Agile

On the Business901 Podcast I had the pleasure this week interviewing Eric Landes. Eric is an Agile Project Manager who has been using Kanban for software development since 2007. He has worked with Scrum, XP and other agile methods for over the past 5 years, and has been managing software projects for over 10 years. Read More …

The differences in Lean and Agile

Recently I had a discussion with Alan Shalloway, the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. Alan is an industry thought leader, trainer and coach in the areas of Lean software development and the Lean/Agile field. He’s a popular speaker at prestigious conferences worldwide, as well as a trainer and a coach. An excerpt from this Read More …

Agile Development Processes of Relevance

The Unique Development Processes of Relevance video was submitted by Eric Hagan on the Agile Zone dzone page. I was impressed with the clarity of Justin’s explanations of the Agile process. He made it sound almost to easy.   Relevance does agile consulting with their own unique process which mixes and matches many agile methodologies.  Their Read More …

Principles of Value Stream Marketing

On my podcast the other week, I had Robert Martichenko of LeanCor co-author of the Lean Enterprise Institute’s newest lean workbook, Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream. The book builds on the concepts of waste, flow, and pull. This workbook illustrates how to analyze the traditional supply chain as a flowing stream of products and information. Read More …

Cadence in your Marketing Kanban

One of the best things about developing a Marketing Kanban is it allows you to create a separate cadence for each marketing segment. The old saying is Different Strokes for Different Folks. Why should marketing be any different? The Value Stream Marketing diagram symbolizes exactly how important a cadence is. I use a typical Scrum Read More …

Lean Problem Solving – eBook

Tracey Richardson appeared on the Business901 podcast to discuss problem solving. This is a transcription of the podcast. Tracey will be the instructor for two of the six Lean Enterprise Institute workshops June 22-24, 2010, in Indianapolis, IN. She will be facilitating Managing to Learn: The Use of the A3 Management Process and Lean Problem Read More …