Trends Report

Why Kanban Matters

Putting In Place The Right Signposts For Effective Delivery

March 25th, 2011
Dave West, null
Dave West
With contributor:
Mike Gilpin

Summary

Agile methods continue to grow in popularity, but dogmatic adoption can lead to teams applying Agile in contexts where it doesn't work. Kanban, a technique taken from Lean Manufacturing, provides application development professionals with a way to improve flow, optimize batch size, and ensure execution success in situations where pure Agile does not work. It also can augment Agile projects that involve more than one team, providing clear signposts to enable cross-team success.

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