Process Resources

This page provides resources for agile developers.  If you are just starting to learn about Lean we recommend the article "Agile Developers Guide to Lean Software Development" or the Executive Briefing on Why and How to Become Agility webinar. If you're looking for a good article on the essence of Kanban, read Alan Shalloway's article on Demystifying Kanban.

If you are using Kanban, take a look at the Kanban Clinic.

If you are using Scrum, take a look at the Scrum Clinic.

Process

Emergent Design

Book
book
(guest access)
Training and Resources For: Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development by Scott L. Bain
"I was expecting this to be yet another book on Design Patterns, but it really isn’t. This book attempts to look deeper into questions that cannot be easily answered and...

Lightning Webinars

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
Lightning Webinars are short (less than 15 minute) videos that are focused on specific topics of Lean, Agile, and Kanban for business-driven software development.

TT Session 5: Capturing Business Rules in Stories

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This webinar addresses the difficulty in breaking down stories to the right size while keeping the business value in mind. The solution is to focus on the business rules that are manifested in the product.

Change Management

A Journey to Lean-Agile

Article
article
(guest access)
How Net Objectives helped Premier, Inc. transform their development processes through Lean-Agile.

An Executive's View of Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

An Introduction to Agile for Management and Teams

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:15am. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
While first generation agile methods have a solid track record at the team level, many agile transformations get stuck trying to expand throughout the organization.

Avoiding Coupling and Using Mocks In Agile Projects

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
This webinar is part of the Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise with Lean Software Development series.

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas.

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Leading Continuous Improvement in Established Agile Organizations

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Many organizations believe they have successfully completed the transition to agile thinking.

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:00am. Friday, March 16Keynote

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Lean Software Development has deep roots. Lean jumped into the software world about a decade ago but has still mostly been considered an extension of the main body of Lean, which is rooted in manufacturing.

Lean-Kanban is about People

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Alan’s talk at Lean Kanban Benelux “Lean-Kanban is about People”.

Net Objectives Lean-Kanban Conference 2012 Denver

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
For those who came to learn how to start a transition of improvement in their organizations that included business stakeholders, management and the development team, Net Objectives showed how with its 1-day, 2-track conference on Lean, Kanban and technical practices.

PMI Presentation of Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
A session in the Project Your Future... Plan It Now! PMI Puget Sound Chapter 2011 Conference

Scaling Agile With Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Transitioning your Organization to Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
4:00pm-5:00pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackThis talk provides an overview of the topics, effort and areas impacted when implementing Lean-Agile across your organization. Topics include:
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Innovation Games

The Dot Game

Article
article
(guest access)
The Dot Game is a great way to teach the importance of flow and how working on things that create bigger queues actually slow you down.
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Knowledge Management

After Action Revew

Article
article
(guest access)
The After Action Review is a simple and powerful tool to help a team learn from their experiences in order to gain immediate, concrete improvements in performance. It is a more general and widely useful approach than the retrospection.

Lean-Kanban is about People

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Alan’s talk at Lean Kanban Benelux “Lean-Kanban is about People”.

What is a Streamzine?

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
An introduction to Net Objectives' asynchronous learning experience: 'Streamzines', by Senior Consultant Scott Bain.
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Lean Implementation

A Journey to Lean-Agile

Article
article
(guest access)
How Net Objectives helped Premier, Inc. transform their development processes through Lean-Agile.

Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

An Executive's View of Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

An Introduction to Agile for Management and Teams

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:15am. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
While first generation agile methods have a solid track record at the team level, many agile transformations get stuck trying to expand throughout the organization.

BDSD Session 7: The Role of Management in Lean-Agile Transformations

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
Management has long seemed to be the forgotten aspect of Lean-Agile organizations. Many in the agile community even talk about protecting their teams from management.

BMT Session 5: Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
There is no question that Scrum is a great process and it has helped many organizations. Unfortunately, many organizations adopting Scrum have had challenges getting it to scale.

Business & Agile Session 2: Agile Implementations: Overviews of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 3: Beginning An Agile Transformation

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas.

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Executive's View of Agile

Article
article
(guest access)
This tutorial answers the questions many executives have about Agile. It discusses why incremental delivery of business value is critical.

Handling Product Management Across the Enterprise

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
The common model of a product owner works well for small to medium scale Agile adoption. However, for large scale Agile adoption one must expand the role to include a product manager that works with the business stakeholders while the product owner focuses on driving the teams.

Improving Collaboration and Planning With Lean Product Development: Patterns of Success and Challenge

Book
book
(guest access)
Hi, this is Alan Shalloway. I'm writing this book and am making it available while I am writing it for two reasons. First, you may find it useful, even in this preliminary state.

Introduction to Kanban in 8 Steps

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Leading Continuous Improvement in Established Agile Organizations

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Many organizations believe they have successfully completed the transition to agile thinking.

Lean Anti-Patterns Table

Article
article
(guest access)
An anti-pattern is a commonly occurring activity that is counter-productive to the company doing it. A "Lean" anti-pattern is an anti-pattern that goes against Lean principles. That is, it violates the company’s attempts to be following Lean methods.

Lean Online Session 1: Introduction to Lean Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session is a quick introduction to Lean Software Development and the importance of using Value Stream Mapping (VSM). An example of how using a VSM to get to root cause is included.

Lean Online Session 2: The Principles of Lean Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session describes how Lean Software Development is based on Just-In-Time and utilization theory. It also covers the principles of Lean Software Development: “Optimize the Whole”, “Eliminate Waste”, and “Build Quality” in.

Lean Online Session 3: The Reasons for Going Agile & Portfolio Management

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session discusses the five reasons for agility: Business, clarity on customer needs, better project management, helping the team learn, and technical agility. It also discusses the need to limit the amount of work in process at any one time.

Lean Online Session 4: The Lean-Agile Connection

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session shows how agile methods are manifestations of Lean Principles. It also shows how having large projects that force people to work on multiple projects inherently lowers productivity and effectiveness. Some suggestions on how to improve this situation are given.

Lean Online Session 5: A Deeper Cut At Lean Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session discusses why it is more important to eliminate delays between steps than it is to improve the work of the steps.

Lean Online Session 6: Using Lean to Work Across Teams

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session shows an alternative to Scrum-of-Scrums to get teams to work together. It also shows how to do product portfolio management to ensure working on those products/enhancements that will get the most value for the business.

Lean Overview

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
An overview and introduction to Lean thinking applied to software development.Agenda:Lean as Fast-Flexible FlowAn integration of Lean Thinking and Lean Software DevelopmentLean Thinking

Lean Product Management From Business Stakeholders to the Team

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
2:15pm-3:15pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Lean Software Development has deep roots. Lean jumped into the software world about a decade ago but has still mostly been considered an extension of the main body of Lean, which is rooted in manufacturing.

Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility

Book
book
(guest access)
Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility

Lean-Kanban is about People

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Alan’s talk at Lean Kanban Benelux “Lean-Kanban is about People”.

LSSC11 Session 3: Lean-Agile For Executives

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Lean SSC 2011 Webinar Series The webinar is catered for top management either in preparation for transitioning their organization to Lean-Agile method

Net Objectives Lean-Kanban Conference 2012 Denver

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
For those who came to learn how to start a transition of improvement in their organizations that included business stakeholders, management and the development team, Net Objectives showed how with its 1-day, 2-track conference on Lean, Kanban and technical practices.

PMI Presentation of Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
A session in the Project Your Future... Plan It Now! PMI Puget Sound Chapter 2011 Conference

Scaling Agile with Lean-Flow: Handling Multiple Products and Multiple Teams

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:45am-11:45am. Tuesday, February 21, 2012Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Scaling Agile With Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise with Lean Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
This webinar is part of the Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise with Lean Software Development series.

SLK Session 3: Using Service Level Agreements to Manage New Work

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Scrum, Lean and Kanban: A Pragmatic Webinar Series A common challenge Scrum teams have is what to do with interruptions.

Sustainable TDD

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Transitioning your Organization to Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
4:00pm-5:00pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackThis talk provides an overview of the topics, effort and areas impacted when implementing Lean-Agile across your organization. Topics include:

Understanding Why Scrum Works

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
This webinar is part of the Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise with Lean Software Development series.

ValueStreamSeries Session 8: Enhancing and Extending Scrum With Lean

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
See a description of the Lean-Agile at Scale and at the Team: The Value Stream Series

ValueStreamSeries Session 9: The Three Ways to Scale Agile and One That Doesn’t Work So Well

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
See a description of the Lean-Agile at Scale and at the Team: The Value Stream Series
Scaling Agile has been problematic for many. We have heard many reasons as to why it is so difficult:
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Team Agility

Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Link
link
(guest access)
This talk is presented by Ken Pugh, Fellow Consultant at Net Objectives.  Ken is the author of several books including Interface-Oriented Design and the 2006 Jolt Award winner Prefactoring. Eliciting and articulating customer requirements—clearly and precisely—is difficult to say the least.

Acceptance Test-Driven Development: A great place to start

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
See a description of the Lean-Agile at Scale and at the Team: The Value Stream Series

Agile Development: Results Delivered

Link
link
(guest access)
This paper looks at Agile development within today’s development organizations, why Agile is being implemented and the value realized by doing so.

Aligning With Lean

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
this webinar is probably something you want to listen to if you are at all interested in Lean Software Development. This is the basic 60 minute seminar that Alan Shalloway gives all around the country on Lean Thinking. Definitely worth a listen.

An Executive's View of Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

An Introduction to Agile for Management and Teams

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:15am. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

BDSD Session 1: Business Driven Software Development: An Overview

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This session provides an overview of BDSD. It presents the reasons an organization must become agile, not merely their teams, and why incremental delivery of products is an essential path towards this. Outline:

BDSD Session 3: Where to Start Your Agile Transition

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
Many organizations start their agile transformation with a pilot project – that is, taking a single team agile. This fails to achieve enterprise success most of the time for several reasons. Amongst these are the team is often not the major impediment to business agility.

BDSD Session 6: Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This session is about how proper use of acceptance testing can avoid many problems instead of merely finding them at the end. It redefines the role of QA to one of avoiding errors and improving our system of development.

Beyond Scrum: Lean and Kanban for Game Developers

Link
link
(guest access)
If you've discovered the value of Scrum agile development while making your game, expert Clinton Keith outlines Lean and Kanban, two ways you can be agile during all phases of the game development process.

BMT Session 5: Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
There is no question that Scrum is a great process and it has helped many organizations. Unfortunately, many organizations adopting Scrum have had challenges getting it to scale.

Business & Agile Session 1: An Introduction to Agile from a Business / Executive Point of View

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 2: Agile Implementations: Overviews of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 3: Beginning An Agile Transformation

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas.

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Demystifying Kanban

Article
article
(guest access)
In this article, Kanban is described as a systems approach to software development that affects many different types of behaviors. Also mentioned are a few of the common misconceptions people have about Kanban in order to help clarify what Kanban is and is not.

Extended XP Engineering Practices

Competency
competency
(guest access)
NOTE: This site is intended to become part of the Scaled Agile Framework(tm) It is currently in the process of being built.

Extended XP Engineering Practices - Broken Tests

Competency
competency
(guest access)
Extended XP engineering practices is a set of practices building on XP, but extended for teams that are part of larger organizations.  XP’s history was mostly with small teams.  As such, it should not be surprising that many of its practices are oriented around the dynamics of small teams.  Give

Extreme Programming and Chrysler C3 Payroll

Link
link
(guest access)
This article is from the October 1998 issue. It describes the C3 project experience.

eXtreme Programming: Our View

Article
article
(guest access)
Our view of eXtreme Programming (XP): a methodology we like even as we recognize its strengths and weaknesses.

Great Methodologies Debate

Link
link
(guest access)
A good discussion of Agile Vs RUP.

Handling Product Management Across the Enterprise

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
The common model of a product owner works well for small to medium scale Agile adoption. However, for large scale Agile adoption one must expand the role to include a product manager that works with the business stakeholders while the product owner focuses on driving the teams.

How Does Radical Collocation Help a Team Succeed?

Link
link
(guest access)
Many companies are being challenged by whether or not to colocate teams, and how far to go: in the same room, same floor in the same building, same geographical location.

Improving Collaboration and Planning With Lean Product Development: Patterns of Success and Challenge

Book
book
(guest access)
Hi, this is Alan Shalloway. I'm writing this book and am making it available while I am writing it for two reasons. First, you may find it useful, even in this preliminary state.

Introduction to Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
2:15pm-3:15pm. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Introduction to Kanban in 8 Steps

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Leading Continuous Improvement in Established Agile Organizations

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Many organizations believe they have successfully completed the transition to agile thinking.

Lean Online Session 2: The Principles of Lean Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(subscriber access)
This session describes how Lean Software Development is based on Just-In-Time and utilization theory. It also covers the principles of Lean Software Development: “Optimize the Whole”, “Eliminate Waste”, and “Build Quality” in.

Lean Product Management From Business Stakeholders to the Team

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
2:15pm-3:15pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Lean Software Development has deep roots. Lean jumped into the software world about a decade ago but has still mostly been considered an extension of the main body of Lean, which is rooted in manufacturing.

Lean-Agile Engineering Practices

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
5:30pm-8:30pm. Wednesday, March 21A Free Seminar Event Sponsored by AltaSource Group and Net ObjectivesHosted by Holland America

Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility

Book
book
(guest access)
Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility

Lean-Kanban for Teams

Article
article
(guest access)
Kanban Software Development represents the next generation of Agile methods. It focuses on the flow of work to lower delays to delivery and increase quality. Kanban is based on the science of product development flow and Lean-Thinking.

Lean-Kanban is about People

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Alan’s talk at Lean Kanban Benelux “Lean-Kanban is about People”.

Multiple Teams Working Together

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)

Net Objectives Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
An Event For Microsoft Employees Only (Contractors not eligible)

Net Objectives Lean-Kanban Conference 2012 Denver

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
For those who came to learn how to start a transition of improvement in their organizations that included business stakeholders, management and the development team, Net Objectives showed how with its 1-day, 2-track conference on Lean, Kanban and technical practices.

Role of Quality Assurance in Lean-Agile Software Development

Article
article
(guest access)
This is an excerpt of Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, and Jim Trott's book – "Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility".
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Transitioning to Agile

A Journey to Lean-Agile

Article
article
(guest access)
How Net Objectives helped Premier, Inc. transform their development processes through Lean-Agile.

Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

An Executive's View of Lean-Agile

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

An Introduction to Agile for Management and Teams

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:15am. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
While first generation agile methods have a solid track record at the team level, many agile transformations get stuck trying to expand throughout the organization.

BDSD Session 3: Where to Start Your Agile Transition

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
Many organizations start their agile transformation with a pilot project – that is, taking a single team agile. This fails to achieve enterprise success most of the time for several reasons. Amongst these are the team is often not the major impediment to business agility.

BDSD Session 6: Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This session is about how proper use of acceptance testing can avoid many problems instead of merely finding them at the end. It redefines the role of QA to one of avoiding errors and improving our system of development.

BDSD Session 7: The Role of Management in Lean-Agile Transformations

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
Management has long seemed to be the forgotten aspect of Lean-Agile organizations. Many in the agile community even talk about protecting their teams from management.

BMT Session 1: The Basics of Agile Software Development

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This webinar is for those who want to understand what Agile software development is about but do not have any experience with it. You will learn:

BMT Session 4: The Four Reasons Only 32% of Software Development Projects Will Succeed this Year

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
This webinar explores why so many software development projects fail. Unfortunately, most Agile methods do not address these reasons very well. To ensure success, you need to extend your methods to include the following:

BMT Session 5: Scaling Agile with Multiple Teams

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
There is no question that Scrum is a great process and it has helped many organizations. Unfortunately, many organizations adopting Scrum have had challenges getting it to scale.

Business & Agile Session 1: An Introduction to Agile from a Business / Executive Point of View

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 2: Agile Implementations: Overviews of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 3: Beginning An Agile Transformation

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas.

De-Mystifying Kanban: Understanding Its Many Faces

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Emergent Design

Book
book
(guest access)
Training and Resources For: Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development by Scott L. Bain
"I was expecting this to be yet another book on Design Patterns, but it really isn’t. This book attempts to look deeper into questions that cannot be easily answered and...

Executive's View of Agile

Article
article
(guest access)
This tutorial answers the questions many executives have about Agile. It discusses why incremental delivery of business value is critical.

eXtreme Programming: Our View

Article
article
(guest access)
Our view of eXtreme Programming (XP): a methodology we like even as we recognize its strengths and weaknesses.

Improving Collaboration and Planning With Lean Product Development: Patterns of Success and Challenge

Book
book
(guest access)
Hi, this is Alan Shalloway. I'm writing this book and am making it available while I am writing it for two reasons. First, you may find it useful, even in this preliminary state.

Introduction to Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
2:15pm-3:15pm. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Introduction to Kanban in 8 Steps

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Leading Continuous Improvement in Established Agile Organizations

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Many organizations believe they have successfully completed the transition to agile thinking.

Lean Product Management From Business Stakeholders to the Team

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
2:15pm-3:15pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
9:00am-10:00am. Friday, March 16Keynote

Lean Software Development Comes of Age

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
Lean Software Development has deep roots. Lean jumped into the software world about a decade ago but has still mostly been considered an extension of the main body of Lean, which is rooted in manufacturing.

Lean-Agile Engineering Practices

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
5:30pm-8:30pm. Wednesday, March 21A Free Seminar Event Sponsored by AltaSource Group and Net ObjectivesHosted by Holland America

LSSC11 Session 3: Lean-Agile For Executives

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Lean SSC 2011 Webinar Series The webinar is catered for top management either in preparation for transitioning their organization to Lean-Agile method

Net Objectives Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
An Event For Microsoft Employees Only (Contractors not eligible)

Net Objectives Lean-Kanban Conference 2012 Denver

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
For those who came to learn how to start a transition of improvement in their organizations that included business stakeholders, management and the development team, Net Objectives showed how with its 1-day, 2-track conference on Lean, Kanban and technical practices.

PMI Presentation of Applying Lean Software Development Principles Throughout the Organization

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
A session in the Project Your Future... Plan It Now! PMI Puget Sound Chapter 2011 Conference

Scaling Agile With Multiple Teams: Using Lean to Drive Business Value

Presentation
presentation
(guest access)
This talk was presented at Agile 2012 in Dallas. The slide show has the animation in the talk but takes a bit longer to load than the pdf.

Sustainable TDD

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Sustainable Test-Driven Development

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presentation
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3:45pm-4:45pm. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Team Kanban in a Waterfall Environment

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
While much of the software world recognizes the need to transition to agile methods, it is more difficult in some places than others. This is especially true when critical resources are constrained or true teams do not exist because people are on multiple projects at the same time.

The Role of the Product Owner and Development of Minimal Marketable Features (MMFs)

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12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackWe will present an overview of how to define, prioritize, and sequence releasable increments of business value for Projects. Topics include:

The Scrum Clinic

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presentation
(registered access)
10:45am-11:45am. Tuesday, February 21, 2012Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Transitioning your Organization to Lean-Agile

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presentation
(registered access)
4:00pm-5:00pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackThis talk provides an overview of the topics, effort and areas impacted when implementing Lean-Agile across your organization. Topics include:

TT Session 1: Essential Skills for the Agile Developer

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past webinar
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This webinar is for Agile developers who want to improve their design and coding methods as well as those who are just undertaking Agile and feel they need some help designing and coding in an Agile environment. You will learn:

TT Session 2: Acceptance Test-Driven Development: An Early Lean-Agile Adoption Practice

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This webinar introduces Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD), an essential practice for Lean-Agile software development. You will learn:
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Workflow

Acceptance Test-Driven Development

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presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Aligning With Lean

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
this webinar is probably something you want to listen to if you are at all interested in Lean Software Development. This is the basic 60 minute seminar that Alan Shalloway gives all around the country on Lean Thinking. Definitely worth a listen.

An Introduction to Agile for Management and Teams

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9:00am-10:15am. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

BDSD Session 1: Business Driven Software Development: An Overview

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This session provides an overview of BDSD. It presents the reasons an organization must become agile, not merely their teams, and why incremental delivery of products is an essential path towards this. Outline:

Business & Agile Session 2: Agile Implementations: Overviews of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban

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See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Business & Agile Session 3: Beginning An Agile Transformation

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See a description of the Business & Agile Webinar Series

Demystifying Kanban

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In this article, Kanban is described as a systems approach to software development that affects many different types of behaviors. Also mentioned are a few of the common misconceptions people have about Kanban in order to help clarify what Kanban is and is not.

Handling Product Management Across the Enterprise

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The common model of a product owner works well for small to medium scale Agile adoption. However, for large scale Agile adoption one must expand the role to include a product manager that works with the business stakeholders while the product owner focuses on driving the teams.

Improving Collaboration and Planning With Lean Product Development: Patterns of Success and Challenge

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Hi, this is Alan Shalloway. I'm writing this book and am making it available while I am writing it for two reasons. First, you may find it useful, even in this preliminary state.

Introduction to Acceptance Test-Driven Development

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presentation
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2:15pm-3:15pm. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Introduction to Kanban in 8 Steps

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10:30am-11:30am. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Lean Online Session 1: Introduction to Lean Software Development

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This session is a quick introduction to Lean Software Development and the importance of using Value Stream Mapping (VSM). An example of how using a VSM to get to root cause is included.

Lean Online Session 3: The Reasons for Going Agile & Portfolio Management

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This session discusses the five reasons for agility: Business, clarity on customer needs, better project management, helping the team learn, and technical agility. It also discusses the need to limit the amount of work in process at any one time.

Lean Online Session 4: The Lean-Agile Connection

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This session shows how agile methods are manifestations of Lean Principles. It also shows how having large projects that force people to work on multiple projects inherently lowers productivity and effectiveness. Some suggestions on how to improve this situation are given.

Lean Online Session 5: A Deeper Cut At Lean Software Development

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This session discusses why it is more important to eliminate delays between steps than it is to improve the work of the steps.

Lean Online Session 6: Using Lean to Work Across Teams

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This session shows an alternative to Scrum-of-Scrums to get teams to work together. It also shows how to do product portfolio management to ensure working on those products/enhancements that will get the most value for the business.

Lean Product Management From Business Stakeholders to the Team

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2:15pm-3:15pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business Track

Lean-Kanban for Teams

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Kanban Software Development represents the next generation of Agile methods. It focuses on the flow of work to lower delays to delivery and increase quality. Kanban is based on the science of product development flow and Lean-Thinking.

Multiple Teams Working Together

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Net Objectives Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft

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presentation
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An Event For Microsoft Employees Only (Contractors not eligible)

Scaling Agile with Lean-Flow: Handling Multiple Products and Multiple Teams

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presentation
(registered access)
10:45am-11:45am. Tuesday, February 21, 2012Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

SLK Session 1: Key Kanban Practices

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past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Scrum, Lean and Kanban: A Pragmatic Webinar Series While Kanban is more than a set of tools, the tools of Kanban can be used by existing Scrum tea

SLK Session 2: Using Theories of Flow to Manage Work involving Multiple Teams

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Scrum, Lean and Kanban: A Pragmatic Webinar Series As Scrum’s adoption has increased so has the size of the organizations attempting to find succe

SLK Session 3: Using Service Level Agreements to Manage New Work

Past Webinar
past webinar
(registered access)
See a description of the entire Scrum, Lean and Kanban: A Pragmatic Webinar Series A common challenge Scrum teams have is what to do with interruptions.

Sustainable TDD

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presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Kanban & Developer Track

Sustainable Test-Driven Development

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
3:45pm-4:45pm. Tuesday, February 21Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Team Kanban in a Waterfall Environment

Past Webinar
past webinar
(guest access)
While much of the software world recognizes the need to transition to agile methods, it is more difficult in some places than others. This is especially true when critical resources are constrained or true teams do not exist because people are on multiple projects at the same time.

The Dot Game

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article
(guest access)
The Dot Game is a great way to teach the importance of flow and how working on things that create bigger queues actually slow you down.

The Role of the Product Owner and Development of Minimal Marketable Features (MMFs)

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
12:30pm-1:30pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackWe will present an overview of how to define, prioritize, and sequence releasable increments of business value for Projects. Topics include:

The Scrum Clinic

Presentation
presentation
(registered access)
10:45am-11:45am. Tuesday, February 21, 2012Agile Mini-Conference for Microsoft Session

Transitioning your Organization to Lean-Agile

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presentation
(registered access)
4:00pm-5:00pm. Friday, March 16Executive & Business TrackThis talk provides an overview of the topics, effort and areas impacted when implementing Lean-Agile across your organization. Topics include:

TT Session 5: Capturing Business Rules in Stories

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past webinar
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This webinar addresses the difficulty in breaking down stories to the right size while keeping the business value in mind. The solution is to focus on the business rules that are manifested in the product.

Understanding Why Scrum Works

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past webinar
(guest access)
This webinar is part of the Scaling Scrum to the Enterprise with Lean Software Development series.

Using Lean-Startup Principles to Guide All Agile Adoptions

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presentation
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11:30am-12:15pm. Friday, March 9, 2012AgilePalooza 2012

ValueStreamSeries Session 1: Lean-Agile: The Next Generation of Agile

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See a description of the entire Lean-Agile at Scale and the Team: The Value Stream Series

ValueStreamSeries Session 2: Product Portfolio Management: Why It Is Critical for Agile at Scale

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ValueStreamSeries Session 6: The Net Objectives Enterprise Agility Roadmap: Patterns of Successful Lean-Agile Adoption

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See a description of the Lean-Agile at Scale and at the Team: The Value Stream Series
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