Gear Up! | Book Series

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Overview:

Great teams make great games. While process can help or hinder, great games require talent, creativity and teamwork of developers. This book helps them reach their potential by sharing practices that other developers have used to: – Improve how teams execute on a day-to day basis – Overcome barriers to becoming great teams – Facilitate change and engagement though improved coaching and leadership – Respect and aide the personal growth of developers – Stream-line iterations – Guide projects and manage risk – Raise the quality bar throughout a studio – Enhance your studio’s environment for developersAuthors Clinton Keith and Grant Shonkwiler have combined decades of game development experience on dozens of shipped games. Now they’ve collaborated with other veterans across the game development industry to bring this collection of advanced practices to you.

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Clinton Keith and Grant Shonkwiler

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11 May 2017

Blocker | Glossary

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Definition:

The piece of work represented on a Kanban board move seamlessly from one process step to another, until the work is done. Visualizing work on a Kanban board does help enable better flow.

Sometimes unforeseen internal or external factors get in the way of progress. These factors are called blockers, because they block a card from being able to move forward in your process. Kanban do a good job of visualising blocked work. A common practice is to throw the blocker sticker away once the work has been unblocked. I always get teams to keep the blockers so they can review them for patterns or common sources of blockage at retrospectives.

The piece of work represented on a Kanban board is to move it seamlessly from one process step to another, until the work is done.Visualizing work on a Kanban board does help enable better flow. Sometimes unforeseen internal or external factors get in the way of progress. These factors which blocks the are called blockers, because they block a card from being able to move forward in your process.

Further Reading:

Book:  Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David J Anderson

Kanban from the Inside by Mike Burrows