Kanban Practitioner | Glossary

Definition

Kanban offers an ‘Alternate Path to Agility’. The Kanban Method uses Kanban boards to visualize workflow, and eventually manage it faster and be more predictable. It introduces evolutionary changes to enhance and improve the Service Delivery Workflow.

A Kanban Practitioner possesses the ability to design and implement a Kanban board, visualize invisible work, workflow, assess business risk, manage work faster, assess predictability and introduce change  eventually. He/ She is aware of the training roadmap to higher certifications like Kanban Management Professional and Kanban Coaching Professional.

Further Reading

  • “Kanban from the Inside” (book), by Mike Burrows.

 

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators | Book Series

Overview: This version of the original book lives up to its name as a “field guide”. First, if you are looking for something to help your team that is more of a task-based, you may want to look elsewhere. This book is inclined towards Management Team. The book uses a fictional example to teach its lesson, meaning you are reading a story and learning the technique at the same time. I found I was not able to put the book down and read the whole thing in one sitting. In the end, I was able to explain the basic principles to others because they stuck with me. I find the story approach is much easier to follow and then retain then if I had tried to read a textbook or “how to”. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the Five Dysfunctions—using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples.

Authors:

Patrick M. Lencioni

Published In:

2002