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 …

Value Stream Map ur Customers buy Process

Below is the outline I use for a guideline to create a Value Stream Map and to mimic a customer’s buying process. I have written many times and have an eBook (Mirror Marketing) on the subject that you should Mirror your customers buying process in developing your marketing strategy and tactics. I choose this flow Read More …

Six Sigma Marketing uses a modified DMAIC

I have been discussing Six Sigma Marketing with Eric Reidenbach of the Six Sigma Marketing Institute and find his approach to the combination of Six Sigma and Marketing quite impressive. He differs from the traditional approach of most organizations when applying Six Sigma to Marketing activities. That approach typically deals with highly structured people and Read More …

Kanban at Xerox Corporation

I had 2 experts, Michael Curry and Rob Piersielak of the Xerox Corporation on the Business901 podcast to discuss Kanban. With so much being written about Kanban in software development in general and in my own writings on the Marketing Kanban, I felt that giving my readers and listeners a perspective on the traditional form Read More …

Don’t Market Without Your Kanban

Recently, I had the pleasure of doing a guest post on the Lean Blog. The Lean Blog is authored by Mark Graban, a Senior Fellow at the Lean Enterprise Institute and author of the book, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction winner of a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award. Mark Read More …