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Systems Thinking, The Vanguard Method and Software Development
I’ve recently read John Seddon’s “Freedom from Command and Control“, which introduces his approach to Systems Thinking – the Vanguard Method. A few key points really struck home with me and helped...
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A Model for Creating a Kanban System
This post is a high level overview of the model I use when I think about Kanban Systems. As the saying goes, “all models are wrong, some are useful”. This is what I currently find useful based on...
View ArticleKanban System Design Article
I’ve just had an article published on Agile Journal about Kanban System Design in which I look at Kanban from a Systems Thinking perspective, and how various aspects of Kanban can provide leverage...
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Systems Thinking The original Agile methods were created by teams independently in response to the challenge of improving software development and their documentation as a named process was a...
View ArticleCargo Cult Kanban
A couple of weeks ago I got involved in another conversation about the appropriateness of the software development community’s use of the name Kanban. This comes up every now and again, and I usually...
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Kanban, System Archetypes and Limits to Success
In a previous post I introduced the idea that Kanban can play a role in Systems Thinking and understanding System Archetypes. In this post I’ll describe system archetypes in some more detail, and...
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Kanban and Shifting the Burden
Following on from a look at the Limits to Success system archetype, lets now look at the Shifting the Burden archetype. I like my coffee in the morning. In fact I usually need a good cup of coffee...
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Kanban and Tragedy of the Commons
After Limits to Success and Shifting the Burden, we now come to Tragedy of the Commons. I live in the seaside town of Brighton in the UK. On the rare weekends when we have hot weather it is popular to...
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Understanding Change with Cynefin
I have written a number of posts on systemic thinking, which I believe is at the heart of Kanban Thinking. I’m currently referring to systemic thinking, rather than Systems Thinking, in order to try...
View ArticleAnatomy of the Kanban Canvas
I’ve just added a high level explanation of the anatomy of the Kanban Canvas to the main Kanban Thinking site (where you can downloade the Canvas). I thought I would also post it here. System How to...
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