Transcript Alternative Methodology -Kanban

ALTERNATIVE
METHODOLOGY -KANBAN
CMIS-570 Jacob Adams
History
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“Visual Card”
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Toyota Production System / Lean Manufacturing
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Reduce waste and inventory
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“Pull” system – like supermarket
Lean Software
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Reduce software inventory (Work in progress)
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Utilize pull system and only produce what is needed
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Make software development process more efficient
Kanban Software Systems
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Uses Kanban cards – similar to Agile story cards.
Use Kanban board to track task and project
progress.
Kanban Board
Kanban Board
Comparison to SDLC
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Work still continues through defined stages
Break down large amounts of work in smaller
groups. (Minimum marketable features)
Continous Delivery
Teamwork/cross training
Comparison to Agile
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Work is not time boxed
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No Estimations
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Work Queue Limits
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Process improvement is shared between team
Resources
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http://www.limitedwipsociety.org
http://www.infoq.com/articles/hiranabe-leanagile-kanban
http://www.agilemanagement.net/resources/Better
SoftwareKanbanPrimer.pdf
http://www.kanbandistilled.com/