... I suggest you think about the value you get out of using a kanban board. There's no point putting up cards on a whiteboard just for the sake of it. In our...
Dany, If this is daily work - stuff you do every day - I would treat it as standard work and create a checklist. (For examplechecking logs, adding users ids,...
Jim Benson has a suggestion about this that I like quite a bit; he calls it the "sequestering approach." "What you can do with these types of tasks is...
All, First thank you for taking the time to read my post. My IT Department is starting to be more Agile and has asked each department in IT to implement an ...
Folks, This year we are announcing the nominees for the Brickell Key Awards in advance of our conference in Long Beach on May 3rd to 6th. The awards will be...
That's great to hear. FYI, Martin Logan was there and did some live blogging at http://devops.com/. I will also be posting some content from DevOps sessions at...
I have shared the info you all sent me with our IS managers. Lot's of buzz over there and questions coming from them today. Just what I was hoping for! ...
Robert, That would be great. We would be happy to return the favor, if you want to see our XP implementation. Thanks for your help! GB. ... From: Robert...
Does anyone know how to say "this must be my lucky day" in Japanese? 8^) GB. ... From: Robert Swanbum To: kanbanops@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 20,...
Robert, Wow! That is a lot of great info! Thanks for your help! GB. ... From: Robert Benefield To: kanbanops@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011...
I would agree that Kanban is definitely a useful approach when it comes to infrastructure, and I have gotten a lot of mileage using it to get underneath to...
Hello, Robert! Where are you located? Would it be possible for a couple of our ops managers to come see what you are doing? You can reply to me off list if...
Dominica, Thank you, very helpful information. Are you available for on-site consulting and training at our office in Columbia, MO, in the next 2-3 months?...
I think the key to our success was: 1. We evangalized the process before implementing it. Management bought into it from the start. 2. We set up a...
Hi Robert, Can you share how you implemented Kanban in your environment? I am curious to hear what some of the challenges were and how you dealt with...
Hi GB, Kanban systems do play a part in a "service delivery" approach to improving services and customer satisfaction. Taking an "outside-in" systems thinking...
Our Infrastructure Services department is struggling to meet the needs of their customers. These teams are responsible for managing servers, networks, web...
Hello, All! I am the Agile Processes Director and XP Coach at CARFAX in Columbia, Missouri. We have been using XP for seven years and have added some Scrum...
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the kanbanops group: What is your favorite Kanban game for teaching newcomers to Kanban??? o Get Kanban...
I've uploaded a short presentation I use to introduce the concept of True North. After that it's really just a discussion and brainstorming session. It's not...
Change management in ITIL can be a mixed bag. Often organizations use it to swing too far the other way such that it's incredibly hard to get any change into...
As someone who spent a large part of his career in IT Ops, I have seen the situation you described in many organizations that did not give enough priority...
Jason: Been there, done that. There is a older quote from an Oracle fellow (Andy Card, I beleive) who pointed out that organizations spend 80% of their...
I also thought of Visible Ops when I saw Jason's original email. I like the idea of exercises for establishing a vision on "true north" (and would love to hear...
