Podcast #47. What Is Kanban? Interview With LeanKit.

In this episode of The Project Shrink podcast I am talking to Jon Terry, COO of LeanKit, the online Kanban tool. We talk about Kanban: What is it? What are the benefits? How can you get started? LeanKit is a sponsor of The Project Shrink blog. Click here if you can’t see the video. Click …

Mashup Of Scrum, Lean And Kanban: Scrow

You learn a lot when you are trying to combine methods and approaches. Yes, we talked about it before: mashups. That is why I like this presentation by Lasse Koskela performed at Oredev a little over a month ago. “… teams are dropping Scrum to go Kanban. We see good ideas in all of these …

Using Social Media At Lean Project Consulting

In this episode of The Project Shrink podcast I am talking to Hal Macomber about the use of Social Media at Lean Project Consulting. Hal is practice leader at this company and also author of the popular blog Reforming Project Management. We discuss using blogs to create thought leadership and tools like yammer and EtherPad. …

Freestyling: Beating Agile, Lean And Plan-driven Hands Down

Last week I got an email asking if I am an Agilist.
Scuze me? I am Dutch. Does that count?
Of course I know about agile approaches. Yes, I know Scrum. Yes, I know the devastating effects a single minded, too narrow focused, command-and-control fanatic can have on the workplace.