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Conferences and train[ing]s and planes, oh my!

I’ve had the extreme pleasure to be able to participate in some awesome events this month. I recently got back from LSSC12 in Boston — which was excellent! I’m writing to you now from the desk in my hotel room in Port Angeles, WA where I will attend David J Anderson’s Advanced Kanban Masterclass from Wed-Fri of this week. Needless to say, I’ve been learning alot and will learn even more this week and I’m overdue for some posts. Keep your eyes peeled because they’re coming up as soon as I begin to digest the firehose of information!

Kanban the Disney way

When I last posted on this blog, I was about to depart for the House of Mouse. Yep, DisneyWorld. The Magic Kingdom, to be precise. You might wonder why i’m blathering on about my vacation in my Kanban blog. However, an amusement park is the perfect place to find Kanban happening out in the wild. Talk about your EverydayKanban! For our case study, let’s look at roller coaster ride. But, first, a key to get our parallels drawn…

Case study key

  • People == Task/User Story/Issue
  • Queue == Backlog (usually with estimated wait times listed)
  • FastPass == Expedite or Fixed Date type of task/user story/issue
  • “Next up” lines == To Do buffer (WIP limit applied)
  • Roller coaster car == In Progress (WIP limit applied)
  • Exit == Deployment

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LSSC ’12 Boston Schedule

If you’re going, or considering going, to Boston for the Lean Software & Systems Conference, here is the full schedule. You can use sched.org to manage your schedule.

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