Episode 7

2 of 3: The state of Kanban. An interview with none other than David J Anderson. 2nd episode of 3

Published on: 15th February, 2024

This is the second episode of three in this Kanban mini-series, and I am extremely proud to present you with a very special guest. None other than David J. Anderson, the pioneer of the Kanban Method.

In this episode, you can among other things look forward to hearing David talk about the effort it took to write one of the most important books in the agile space, namely, the "Kanban Maturity Model" (KMM), and the purpose of writing it. You will hear what improvement gains you can expect as you move from one maturity level to the next. You will also get exciting news about Kanban+, and you will get David’s answers to some of the questions I have repeatedly been asked by students and clients about the higher maturity levels in Kanban, i.e., what to strive for, what is feasible, and why.

Just to give you a heads up on the topics of episode 3 in this mini-series, you can look forward to hearing us talk about why organizations do not "go Kanban", when there is such strong, well-documented evidence that it pays off big-time. David will talk about his work with the new book, Discovering Kanban that he published very recently. I guess you might call it a sequel to the famous Blue Book. You will also hear David’s thoughts about the future of Kanban, and last but not least you will get his recommendations on working agile in general. So, stay tuned.

If you are interested in Kanban, you don't want to miss this mini-series, where I interview the very person who made Kanban for knowledge work one of the most used agile approaches globally.

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Jeg stille skarpt på de ting, der ikke er sådan lige til at få til at fungere i agile sammenhænge. Jeg ser på agil ledelse og governance, og de ømme punkter, som ikke så mange taler om
At vende sin organisation og begynde at arbejde agilt er mere besværligt, end mange forestiller sig. Det kræver ofte meget store investeringer, men hvordan sikrer man får noget ud af dem? Og hvad hvis organisationen slet ikke er klar til at arbejde agilt? En af de vigtigste nøgler til agil succes er stærk agil ledelse og en organisation/nogle teams, der faktisk er parate til at skabe forandringer og gøre op med "plejer". Sådan er det bare ikke altid, og hvad gør man så? Det er nogle af de emner, jeg vil tage under kærlig behandling.

Mine ca. 15 år som agil rådgiver, coach, underviser, blogger og forfatter har givet mig dyb og bred erfaring og indsigt fra en perlerække af agile teams og organisationer. Jeg er dybt inde i teorien omkring de mest anvendte agile metoder og frameworks, og dette parret med min praktiske erfaring gør, at jeg ved, hvor den agile sko trykker, hvad enten der er tale om Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Spotify-modellen eller en hybrid mellem det klassiske og det agile.

Mange fortæller solskinshistorier, jeg fortæller om de udfordringer de fleste - ja faktisk alle de virksomheder, jeg nogensinde har arbejdet med - står med i virkeligheden. Her får du ingen glansbilleder, kun klar besked. Krystalkuglerne er gemt væk og erstattet med fakta. Alt dette kan du lade dig inspirere af i dit agile arbejde. Mit mantra er: "virkeligheden vinder hver gang".

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