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Monday, August 7 • 10:45am - 12:00pm
Beyond the Underpants Gnomes: Why Kanban Stalls and How to Restart It (Cheryl Hammond) Popular

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Abstract:
You put up your Big Visible Display. Maybe you even limited WIP, or argu^H^H^H^Htalked about limiting it. Something more was supposed to happen. Why didn't more happen? If your Kanban implementation feels like this...
Phase 1: Collect underpants Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Profit ... you're not alone. The Underpants Gnomes can be a scourge of Kanban. Fortunately, they don't have to have the last word.
In this session, you'll learn how to detect Underpants Gnomes in your organization's Kanban process, and how to combat them. We'll investigate three concrete solutions—by-the-book, and beyond—and fill your toolbox with simple, proven strategies for restarting your Kanban after it stalls.
You're ready for the real Phase 2. Downsize the Underpants Gnomes and let's get started!

Learning Outcomes:
  • How to recognize a stalled Kanban implementation
  • Three specific techniques for restarting stalled Kanban

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Cheryl Hammond

Delivery Lead, Agile Practice Leadership Enablement, Pivotal
Cheryl Hammond, a.k.a. bsktcase, has a couple decades' experience as a software developer in the private and public sectors. She led her team's successful adoption of Scrum-ban for a mission-critical regulatory compliance project under multi-agency state and federal government oversight... Read More →



Monday August 7, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
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