Kanban At XPUserGroup – July 29

This is a bit short notice, but I just found out about it last week. (Thanks to Kevin tweeting about it. :) ) But, I’ll be presenting my “A Little Bit of Lean with Kanban” this coming Wednesday for the XPUserGroup here in Columbus. The meeting will be at OCLC at 11:30, I’ll begin my presentation at noon. (Directions and room info at OCLC.)

I didn’t plan on doing much speaking before leaving for vacation on August 1, but here’s one more session on Kanban. We really can’t spread the word enough about Kanban, so why not give one more a few days before I head south?

I’m also giving a short presentation on the 7 principles of Lean Software development next week…but you have to be an employee of Quick Solutions to see that one. (Get hired by Tuesday to see it! :) )

CodeStock Recap and Kanban Talk Slides

I had a great time at Codestock this past weekend. I didn’t get to many sessions, but I did go to a number of open space sessions (have some work to do on my blog) and the normal “hallway” sessions that never disappoint.

My talk on Lean and Kanban went really well. There were only a couple seats left in the smallish room we had, but that lead to a much more interactive discussion. The slides are available to download, with some notes in the deck.

To answer a couple more questions from the group, here are a couple of the resources I mentioned in the talk:

• Core Ladas blog: http://leansoftwareengineering.com/
• Implementing Lean Software Development by Mary and Tom Poppendieck

Coming soon will be Agile Zen. I’ve taken a peek at the beta, and it’ll be quite a tool in helping people and teams do lean development. Sign up for their mailing list to get notified when it comes out.