March News & Views from the Kanban Community

Take Control of Your Continuous Improvement with Kanban

In order to stay competitive in their segments of work, businesses and companies usually face extreme push towards constant innovations and high flexibility to adapt to the never-ending changes due to economic, social, and technological challenges.

This can often be achieved by using appropriate methodologies and training staff for the continuous process improvement mindset. One such commonly used method is the Kanban Method.

At this point, some intriguing questions may arise: What is continuous process improvement all about? How do you take control of your continuous process improvement by using the Kanban Method? These topics are discussed in more detail in the following sections of this article.

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State of Agile Report: Kanban Use Has Exploded

Our friends at Kanbanize shared?that the 16th State of Agile has revealed an exciting trend over the past two years. According to the latest survey, Kanban use has skyrocketed from a mere 7% in the 14th survey (back in 2020) to an impressive 56% in the 16th survey (2022)!?

This significant rise in Kanban adoption is a testament to its effectiveness in optimizing workflows and enhancing teams’ and organizations’ performance. So, it’s no surprise that Kanban has become a game-changer for Agile practitioners worldwide.

Check Out the State of Agile Report

Kanban University Partner Webinar: Introducing the New Team Kanban Essence Cards

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

• 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM CEST
• 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM BST
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT

Join our next Kanban University Partner Webinar where Joey Spooner from Kanban University and Simon Girvan from Ivar Jacobson International will introduce the new Team Kanban Essence Cards.

Using the international standard, Essence, to describe Team Kanban, Simon and Joey have created a set of cards that help introduce and explain, as well as support, a team’s adoption and experimentation with common Kanban practices.

The webinar will introduce the cards and explain how we created them but more importantly, we will show you ways that you can use them to help with teaching or coaching engagements. You will be able to download the cards to use yourself and sign up for early, beta access to a new tool that provides a digital platform to explore and experiment with a team’s way of working.

Register for the Webinar

Webinar: Understanding Kanban – Four Key Elements of the Kanban Method

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

• 5:00 PM CET
• 4:00 PM GMT
• 12:00 PM EDT
• 9:00 AM PDT

Kanban can cover a lot of ground and show up in areas that may surprise you. In this engaging one-hour session, Mark Grove, Accredited Kanban Trainer and Certified Kanban Coach, will discuss four topics to shed a brighter light on the Kanban Method. Join Agile Meridian, a Kanban University Licensed Training Organization, on Wednesday, March 22 to learn why…

Kanban is more than just a board.

Kanban and Scrum can be friends.

Your workflow may be more than your Scrum board.

WIP limits are nothing to be afraid of!

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Kanban Coaching Exchange: Beyond Copy Paste Agile – Cliff Hazell

Thursday, April 20, 2023

• 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM CEST
• 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM BST
• 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

Today it’s common for company leaders to express a desire to be more agile, and many embark on expensive change journeys to make their teams more agile. After years on this journey fraught with “resistance” and lots of change, and yet they are seldom able to show results that are meaningful to customers or the business. Part of the problem is the core assumption that the problems, and therefore solutions, exist at the team level.

Cliff Hazell’s experience is that to delight customers, collaboration is required between teams and departments. This focusing on the parts (individuals and teams) rarely improves the whole, in ways customers will appreciate or pay for.

In this session, Hazell will explore this through three lenses: Systems, Science, and Sapiens.

Register for Kanban Coaching Exchange

Helen Meek Is Giving Back With a FREE Kanban 101 Session

Want a FREE Kanban 101 session with the Kanban Queen for your community of practice? Get in touch with Helen at?[email protected].

Helen is a great believer in sharing her knowledge and encouraging other to do the same and enjoys growing the Agile and Kanban communities. She?is proud to be an Accredited Kanban Trainer with the Kanban University and also holds the AKC, KCP, and KMP credentials.

Team Kanban Simulation During Kanban System Design Class in Pristina, Kosovo

Accredited Kanban Trainer?Ivaylo Gueorguiev?facilitated?an online team Kanban simulation with three groups in parallel during the on-site Kanban System Design class in Pristina, Kosovo. The experience they?gained with Kanbanize simulation in the online courses is even more productive in on-site delivery. The participants benefit from a fully functional tool and real-time analytics on their laptops in the classroom.