Here are the slides from my breakfast seminar "Agile – ett verktyg inte ett mål" (= "Agile – a tool, not a goal"), hosted by DSDM Consortium. The presentation was in Swedish but the slides are in English. This is more or less the same presentation as my keynote at Integration Agile 2009 conference in

I was interviewed by Mitch Pronschinske on Agile Zone, this turned into two articles: Kanban isn’t better than Scrum, it’s just smaller Scrum and XP are new – their principles are not I think Mitch did a good job of turning the interview into coherent articles (not an easy job). 

Here’s a video recording of my 10 minute lightning talk "Kanban vs Scrum, a practical guide" at Agila Sverige June 8, 2009. It is basically a 10 minute summary of my book "Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both". NOTE – the recording is in Swedish.

My new book "Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both" is done! The purpose of this book is to clear up the fog, so you can figure out how Kanban and Scrum might be useful in your environment. The book includes: Foreword by Mary Poppendieck Foreword by David Anderson Updated version of my

Here’s a Traditional Chinese translation of my book Scrum and XP from the Trenches (not same as Chinese translation). Thanks Ko Jen-Chieh! The other 8 translations are listed on the InfoQ page for the book. Feel free to email me (henrik.kniberg AT crisp.se) if you want to translate the book to your language.

If you are near Atlanta and want to meet me and the rest of the Agile Alliance board feel free to come to our Agile Alliance Board Reception on wednesday evening! We’ll host a winter holiday networking reception for Agile Alliance members, partners and friends. We’ll provide refreshments, a preview demo of the new website,

Here the the slides from my presentation "Kanban and Scrum – a practical guide" from QCon in San Francisco today. The presentation is mostly pictures. If you are curious about what I was saying, check out the free online book “Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both”. Great feedback! 77 green notes, 7

Here is a detailed example of a fairly typical 2-tier Kanban board, for teams that know the basics of Kanban and are taking their first steps towards implementing it in practice. It is sort of like a code example, or a condensed Kanban patterns repository. Print it out and use it as a source of

Here are the slides from my "What is Agile" keynote at Agile Tour 2009 in Grenoble. Sample slide: Take-away points: Agile is a set of values & principles that help you succeed with software development Agile is not binary Agile is not about specific methods or practices Agile is not a goal Agile is not

If you’re interested in Kanban I can recommend this course in Stockholm, there are still a few spots left. If you don’t know what Kanban is you might take a look at: http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/resources/ … or my article Kanban vs Scrum or (if you only have a minute) my cartoon One day in Kanban Land. My

Check out Scrum Checklist version 2.0!

Here are the slides for my 90 minute session "Introduction to Scrum" at Agile 2009 in Chicago in a couple of weeks. The slide deck is mostly pictures and intended primarily for presentation use, not reading. So this stuff will probably make most sense if you attend the session.

I was recently invited to run for the board of directors of the Agile Alliance. After some initial hesitation I decided to go for it! The election will be held at the Agile 2009 conference on Tuesday, August 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago. Voting can be done online as

Here’s a really short and simple kanban intro: Translations: Brazilian Portuguese Chinese Czech French German Japanese Korean Turkish

Here are the slides from my keynote at Integrating Agile 2009, Amsterdam. First three slides are below, the rest are in the PDF document. Take-away points: Know your goal Agile is a tool, not a goal Tools don’t fail or succeed. People do. There is no such thing as a good or bad tool. Only

Here are the slides for my presentation Kanban vs Scrum. I’m glad people enjoyed it! The participants were asked to rate how valuable the presentation was on a scale 1-3. The average rating was 3.0 at Deep Lean and 2.9 at Future of Agile :o) This presentation is based on my Kanban vs Scrum article,

Experience the humbleness and energy of so many people in one single place was a great experience. I would have liked to stay longer just do discuss and share experiences.

Takeaways:

• As Agile practitioners, we need to continue to evolve
• Kanban is a promising tool for sharing Lean benefits outside teams
• Pick the right tools for the job! Kanban and Scrum have their advantages, start with your problem and then pick the right tool
• David shared my experiences with Kanban teams demonstrating a "white box" behaviour instead of a "black box" (not your business) towards its stakeholders
• Classes of Service is a hot upcoming topic around Risk Management
• In Japan the "why" is the most important thing. Therefore rigorous effort is spent on understanding Values and Princinples, compared to our Western approach of staring with the Practices (therefore not being able to adopt when situation change)

Enough chat. Here are the slides:

• Future of Agile – David Anderson
  http://www.crisp.se/futureofagile/slides/davidanderson

• Kanban vs. Scrum – Henrik Kniberg
  http://www.crisp.se/futureofagile/slides/henrikkniberg
  
  
• Roots of Lean, visiting Toyota – Mattias Skarin
  http://www.crisp.se/futureofagile/slides/mattisskarin

Are you interested in Lean software development and how this relates to Agile methods such as Scrum and XP? Would you like to meet Mary Poppendieck (leading pioneer of Lean Software Development) and Jeff Sutherland (creator of Scrum)? Deep Lean on May 18-19 is your chance to go beyond the basics, to meet and interact

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am right now in Japan with 4 colleagues from Crisp, a few consultants from BestBrains in Denmark, Mary & Tom Poppendieck, Gabrielle Benefield, and some other Lean & Agile enthusiasts. We are visiting Toyota and other interesting companies. It is especially interesting to look behind the scenes

The schedule is taking shape for May 27:th,  we now announce two more sessions:

• Kanban vs. Scrum – Henrik Kniberg
• Roots of Lean and Agile  – direct report from Toyota visit

Also, meet the experts face2face in the afternoon open space session. Here is your chance to discuss in person with the father of Kanban, David Anderson and with Henrik Kniberg.

More is to come. Seats are limited. Don’t miss out.

http://www.crisp.se/futureofagile

In the 2:nd of April I held a talk for the danish public sector at the ISA conference in Aarhus called  "Agile – Myth or Magic?"

The slides are avaliable here

It was interesting to meet many from the public sector and discuss their challenges. The Danish Ministry of Technology and Development has come a far way in Agile Contracting. I hope to see more reports from this!

There’s a lot of buzz on Kanban right now in the agile software development community. Since Scrum has become quite mainstream now, a common question is “so what is Kanban, and how does it compare to Scrum?” Where do they complement each other? Are there any potential conflicts? Here’s an attempt to clear up some

Teams often thinks they need to improve on estimating.
I think it is waste to try do that. 
But difference in actual and estimated velocity is good information, and nothing to be sorry about.
Mike Cohn have taught me this through his books "Agile Estimating and Planning" and "User Stories Applied". 
His teaching has been one of the most influental for me.
Find out more at his site: www.mountaingoatsoftware.com

A German translation of my book Scrum and XP from the Trenches is now available. Thanks Robert Sösemann & Andreas Schliep! Russian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese translations are also available. Korean, Italian, and Slovak translations are underway. I never cease to be impressed by the agile community! So far, every time I’ve blogged

As an Agile/Scrum coach I value commitment from the team at the top of my requirement or wish lists, even higher than Kaizen (Continuous Improvement).

So why is this so important?

Cross-functional team doesn’t mean everybody has to know everything – this seems to be a common misinterpretation though. Cross-functional just means that the team as a whole has all skills needed to build the product, and that each team member is willing to do more than just their own thing. Are you unsure if your

How can anyone say

that they are Lean or agile when they don’t inspect and adapt.

What most companies have in common when they implement process improvement is lack of continuous improvement…..  

I have for some time been thinking, what is best, Kanban or Scrum. I can’t make up my mind so I decided to write two blog entries, one where I have the "I love Kanban" hat on me and one where I’m wearing a "I love Scrum" T-shirt. My conclusion is, not very suprisingly, that  it depends on the situation.

In this entry I take the Scrum T-shirt on.

I have for some time been thinking, what is best, Kanban or Scrum. I can’t make up my mind so I decided to write two blog entries, one where I have the "I love Kanban" hat on me and one where I’m wearing a "I love Scrum" T-shirt. My conclusion is, not very surprisingly, that  it depends on the situation.

In this entry I take the Kanban hat on.

En kort sammanfattning av grunderna i Lean på 10 minuter. Concept To Cash, Cykeltid optimering och köer och flaskhalsar.

Lean handlar om att bli snabb genom att sluta göra onödiga saker.

Lean värdesätter det som levereras och inte det som påbörjas. Att få saker ur händerna istället för att jobba hårt.