Who:      Darren Davis, Manager at Corbis

What:     Kanban workshop

When:    Monday December 3, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Where:   Avanade Inc. (2211 Elliott Avenue, Seattle, WA)

Why:      Cause this stuff just plain works

From Darren:

The software engineering team at Corbis has spent the last year creating and running a development process based on the principals of Lean Manufacturing.  Using this process, we have released over 190 change requests and bug fixes at regular two week intervals with very high quality and minimal management overhead.  Critical to the success of this process has been the use of a Kanban board.  Using such high-tech implements as post-it notes and Sharpies, we have created an information-rich way of controlling the amount of work in progress, minimizing inefficient multitasking, identifying and addressing blocking issues and exposing untracked work.

 

This presentation, in workshop format, will define a software development workflow and create a Kanban board to track work through it.  We will demonstrate the use of post-it notes and other visual clues to provide transparency into the development process in a way that technical and non-technical people can easily understand.  We’ll finish up by running a standup, at the board, to illustrate how the board is used day-to-day to organize and manage development work.

David Anderson's blog on Kanban in Action discusses this process and shows Darren at the Kanban board.

Please RSVP to Dragos Dumitriu (dragosd at avanade dot com).  If the door is locked call Dragos (425.260.9283) or David Socha (206.418.8201).