Getting Caught Out—and Why That Was a Gift| Helen's Blog
If you’ve ever walked into a Daily Kanban and heard, “Everything’s in progress, but nothing’s done,” then you’ve met the silent productivity killer: too much WIP.| Helen's Blog
It’s time to move away from big, top-down driven transformation initiatives as they have a very low probability of working out as a net positive outcome for the organisation and its people. Instead we need a people centred, evolutionary and emergent change process that becomes a central part of an adaptable and healthy organisation. This post introduces an alternative to the transactional change approach and references a longer more detailed piece that resides on the ELSE wiki.| Colin's Blog
One thing I like about Kanban is there is normally something new to learn. Whilst I am the Kanban Queen, I cannot profess to knowing everything. So this week I attended my good friend David Spink’s Enterprise Scaled Kanban Class (ESK) from Red Tangerine. The reason for me attending this class was because I wanted […]| Our Blogs
In my last blog I spoke about Abandoned work. Now I want to talk about Discarded work. You are probably thinking what is the difference and why should I care? Hopefully I will answer this. | Helen's Blog
When I build my kanban systems I like to ask the team how much work do they start, then stop and maybe throwaway after they pass the commitment point. This is what I call ‘Abandoned’. In some Kanban University literature you see the word ‘Abort’. We are talking about the same thing, I just dislike […]| Our Blogs
I was chatting to my friend this week and he asked me a question about whether there was any good literature or videos I knew of that would help him understand how to use Kanban on a program of work. This person has been on all of my classes and I worked in his company for 4 years, for which we did some really great stuff. My answer..| Helen's Blog
This article was written collaboratively by Helen Meek of Ripple-Rock, and Glaudia Califano and David Spinks of Red Tangerine, the organising committee for Kanban Edge.| Helen's Blog
In Scrum we have an event called Sprint Planning. The Scrum guide defines it as :| Helen's Blog
6 years ago I met the man of my dreams. I didn’t know it at the time as we embarked on a bit of jovial fun. We were organising the first ever UK scrum coaching retreat and so ended up spending quite a bit of time together. I also learned that he was single and wanted to get back onto the dating scene. As we collaborated on the retreat it dawned on me that we should Kanbanize his dating. Kanban can be literally used for anything, and so why not this? | Helen's Blog
A question I encounter when people are pushing back about extra columns on the board!| Helen's Blog
This is a common assumption that I come across when running my Kanban System Design Class.| Helen's Blog
Firstly, if you know anything about me, you’ll know that I LOVE retrospectives! 10 years ago I was busting out my Rocky, Top Gun and other 80’s & 90’s movies , music and game retrospectives with my teams. The more creative the better was my mantra. I want teams to be rewarded with something a little fun after their sprint, and to find new ways to be able to articulate sometimes the same problems and come up with new ways to improve. | Helen's Blog