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"As a change agent, you constantly need to reassure people that the path we follow is worthwhile traveling. This need is often expressed in the form of critique and difficult questions. When I coach Agile teams, this is often the case. The same thing happens when introducing Kanban. However, I noticed that Kanban raises much harder questions on a management and leadership level, once people are introduced to the basics and start to explore the subject on their own. For instance: "How can we plan if we measure instead of estimate?""

"Kanban represents a unique way of catalyzing the application of Lean product development principles to software development, maintenance and operations. Being a method for driving change Kanban does not prescribe specific roles, practices or ceremonies but instead offers a series of principles to optimize value and flow in your software delivery system. As such, Kanban's focus on context and adaptability has made it increasingly popular for teams working in contexts where traditional Agile methods are not an easy fit and mature Agile teams looking for ways to further optimize their development process."

"This is a case study that describes how Kanban and lean development techniques were used to rescue a distressed project."

"If your team develops software through agile methodology, taking a whole-team approach is vital to getting the most out of agile practices. RelatedVendorContent Kanban for Agile Teams 3 Companies Share how they Implemented a more Collaborative Process to Deliver Software Quality Avoiding Mediocrity in Agile Adoption to Produce Tangible ROI Immediately Ten steps to better requirements management The Agile Tester Related Sponsor In today's hyper-competitive world, later may be too late to adopt Agile development and this Roadmap for Success will help you get started. Download "Agile Development: A Manager's Roadmap for Success" now! Whole-team approach - the agile practice in which the entire team works as a unit of generalizing specialists to share responsibility for producing high-quality software - is a kind of "glue" practice: It holds a lot of the other agile practices together. For example, whole-team approach is #1 on Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory's list of "key success factors" for agile testing."