Lean & Kanban Resources
Interested in Lean and Kanban? Here are some helpful resources. Of course you will need to check out Agile Learning Resources since this is an assumed foundation.
How Kanban and Lean relates to Agile
- Connections between Lean and Agile [article]
- Scrum or Kanban? Yes! [blog & video]
- Scrumban [article]
- Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both by Henrik Kniberg and Mattias Skarin [free ebook]
- Kanban Applied to Software Development: from Agile to Lean [blog]
- The Marriage of Lean, Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP): How to Align Agile Across an Organization [article]
- 5 right reasons to apply Kanban [blog]
Kanban
- Kanban Reference Card on DZone [short summary]
- Kanban by David J Anderson [book] – recognized as “the book” on this subject
- Scrumban – Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Development by Corey Ladas [book]
Kanban 101 Workshop
- Introduction [slides]
- Lean concepts including perfection, waste and value stream mapping [slides]
- Basics of Flow [slides]
- Kanban Essentials [slides]
Lean Software
- Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash by Mary Poppendieck [book]
- Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are not the Point by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck [book]
Lean
- Lean times require lean thinking [slides]
- Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation [book]
- Lean for Business [website]
- Serious Problems? Use A3 Technique to Nail ‘em! [blog]
- Use Value Stream Mapping for Current State Assessment [blog]
- Root Cause Analysis [slides]
Theory of Constraints
- Demo showing impact of bottlenecks [3 minute animation]
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement [book]
- Critical Chain [book]
Games & Simulations
Please see Learning through Agile Games.
Other resources
