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| ScrumBan - Evolution or Oxymoron? - InfoQ.com Posted: 14 Nov 2009 02:44 PM PST Posted by Deborah Hartmann Preuss on Nov 14, 2009 Although not new, awareness of Kanban is now growing among users of Agile software methods. Talks, workshops and entire conferences are springing up, and Agile trainers are combining Kanban into their courses.. Practicing Agilists are investigating what this method, adapted from Lean, offers their teams: attractive benefits are cited, from making bottlenecks visible to making more progress faster and happier teams experiencing more "flow". Into this ecosystem, Simon Bennett's The Philosophy of Kanban is Kryptonite to Scrum offers a warning to those who are thinking of incorporating Kanban into their Scrum process. Proponents of Kanban agree with Bennet that Kanban's less agressive approach to impediments is at odds with Scrum's call to remove impediments immediately. Bennett's blog post, which he declares as neither an anti-Kanban rant nor a "keep Scrum pure" diatribe, states that
His position: their philosophies are at odds: your "Scrum project will weaken as long as the Kanban philosophy is nearby." However, applying a pure philosophy is not the goal: it's quality software, frequently delivered. To this end, he encourages practitioners to examine what kind of projects they have and how successful they are with Scrum, and he provides guidelines on how to choose which to use. Corey Ladas' 2008 paper "Scrum-ban" described an evolutionary process toward Kanban which, if taken far enough, replaces most of Scrum. Ladas' approach would modify or even replace many of the traditional Scrum practices, such as the daily standup and burn-down charts. Interestingly, Anderson, whose Kanban experience report from Corbis made a splash at Agile2007, and who appears now to be largely focused on Kanban adoption, cites his original intent as not "converting people from Scrum" but rather helping those struggling to adopt Agile. Bennett's post suggests that teams carefully consider before incorporating Kanban: are they getting enough value from Scrum alone? He adds:: "if you really are dancing on the bleeding edge then I imagine you'll come to depend on Scrum." While Bennet isn't listed among the thought-leaders at Limited WIP Society (intended as "the home of kanban for software development community"), many of those listed have offered supportive comments on the blog's comment thread, including Karl Scotland and David J. Anderson. Anderson agreed: Yes, Kanban is evolution while Scrum is revolution. I am very comfortable with that positioning. Of course, any tool can be misused: Chris Sims' article Are Kanban Workflows Agile? reminds readers that if the kanban board is being used to make sure that each of the required activities has occurred, it is being used to enforce the team's definition of done, a job better suited to a simple checklist. And Mitch Lacey was recently overheard reminding us that at the "end of day there are no magic answers. Saying one solves people's problems over another is just that: fairy dust." There's more about Kanban on InfoQ: Articles, Presentations. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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| Utah Utes volleyball: Launiere's coaching philosophy works - Deseret News Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:52 PM PST It's little known up on The Hill that Beth Launiere, Utah's volleyball coach, spent the past summer as sidekick for beach volleyball legend Karch Kiraly while both were coaching the U.S. National Team. "Especially in Brazil," said Launiere. "So many people wanted his autograph and his picture, I ended up being his autograph agent." She was the go-between for Kiraly as "even head coaches from other national teams wanted his picture and autograph," said Launiere. "He is a super guy." In her own right, Launiere is a super coach. On Sept. 25, she chalked up her 400th win, against none other than arch-rival BYU, at Crimson Court. Then a month later in Provo, her Utes bested the Cougars again, coming back from a two-game deficit to win the match in five games. That was win No. 405. Saturday night, at 7:30 at Crimson Court, the Utes will wrap up their home slate with a game against Wyoming at Crimson Court. Over 20 seasons, Launiere has led her team to 10 NCAA appearances, was named MWC coach of the year in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and guided the Utes to two Sweet Sixteen appearances. Her winning percentage calculates to a cool .649. Not a bad body of work. Launiere's Utes won a school-record 28 matches in a season in 2006, including a school record 25 straight. And that was after Kim Turner had graduated. Turner was Launiere's first All-American and maybe the Utes' best player ever. "(Kim) was always falling down," recalls Launiere, "and getting in situations where she could get injured. She was an amazing volleyball player but she was the biggest klutz." Of course, Launiere was hoping her star volleyball player was not going to get injured. "Kim was always stressing me out," said Launiere, "that she was going to get injured. But she never missed a practice her entire career." Launiere remembers her first recruit, Linda Byington, out of Ricks College. "She chose us over a lot better programs," said Launiere. "In those early years, it wasn't easy. Getting recruits to buy into a program that only won one match the year before, uh, I'm not exactly sure how we did that but we did. I had to sell myself at that time." Which wasn't hard. Launiere tutored under good mentors at Illinois for two years and at Ferris State for three years before that. Both programs went to the Final Four. Still, she was only 26 when Utah's Fern Gardner hired her. "They took a chance on a very young coach," said Launiere. "We hired her when she was just a young kid," said Utah athletic director Chris Hill. "And she has grown to be a nice coach for us." Originally from Grand Rapids, Mich., Launiere stayed home and attended school at Aquinas College, where she played both softball and volleyball. When asked about her coaching philosophy, Launiere stresses teamwork. "We make it about the team here," she said. "I have expectations that the team has respect for each other. We try to create a culture that is a cooperative environment. I feel like we are all in it together. From the manager, to me, up through the administration." Speaking about this year's (15-10) team, Launiere says, "What this year's team does really well is they win a lot in tight situations. This team is so much about being battle savvy." e-mail: wjewkes@desnews.com This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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Scrum without the iterations
Nov 14, 2009 9:09 AM by Machiel Groeneveld
One that is annoying about Scrum is its insistence on conformance: "If you can't do Scrum, you need to change!". Although correct in Scrum-theory, in the real world even Scrum needs to be fit to the current context. The Kanban method inspired me to replace some parts of Scrum with things that worked better for us.
A few things that Scrum enforces, but aren't always the optimal solution (in my experience):
- The use of iterations
- The use of story estimation
- Synchronized release, demo and retrospective.
Bottom line is: Scrum is a valuable set of practices, but be prepared tune Scrum for your situation. Most Kanban initiatives show that you can change Scrum or even replacing it altogether to get better performance and transparency.
I will be presenting on XPDays with my improved Scrum story.
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Re: Scrum without the iterations
Nov 14, 2009 9:58 AM by Tobias Mayer
Actually, Scrum says nothing about story estimation, in fact nothing about "stories". Also, nothing in Scrum suggests you have to release at the same time you do a retrospective. So I guess you are not really dropping Scrum practices, except iterations... and I'd be wary of that. If you can find another way to hit a rhythm, and leverage the empirical process for feedback it's probably fine. Often when people (perhaps not you) drop iterations they are more likely to hide things than expose them. Thus, less learning.
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Re: Scrum without the iterations
Nov 14, 2009 10:38 AM by Machiel Groeneveld
You are right about the stories, I should have called them backlog items.
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