Back to Basics: Introduction to the Kanban Guide with Mike Bowler and Kevin Sivic
Channel: Buffalo Agile
Date: 2021-06-10

Mike Bowler and Kevin Sivic will provide an introduction to the newly published Kanban Guide (https://kanbanguides.org). The Kanban Guide is a document from ProKanban (https://ProKanban.org/) which explains the bare essence of Kanban for knowledge work. What are those things that are universally true in any Kanban system? What must be present if we’re to legitimately say that we’re using Kanban? This document is intended to help you understand where to start with Kanban.

In this talk we will discuss the three Kanban practices of Defining and Visualizing a Workflow, Managing a Workflow, and Improving a Workflow. As we discuss Improving a Workflow we will also introduce the four mandatory measures of flow and how they can help you to understand where your opportunities lie.

Whether you are new to Kanban or have been applying Kanban to your work for years this conversation will provide valuable insights into the essence of Kanban for knowledge work and help you to improve your ability to deliver value and be more effective.

Please come with any questions you have about how Kanban can be applied to your work as we expect to have ample time for Q&A.

Mike Bowler is a long time coach and trainer who helps IT teams, and their management, improve the way they work. He's been an active member of the Agile community for over twenty years and has worked with a wide variety of industries. Mike is a Professional Kanban Trainer (PKT) with ProKanban.org. More about Mike at https://gargoylesoftware.com/mike_bowler/. Mike also writes about Kanban at https://improvingflow.com/