CHAPTER 4: Using Kanban

Introduction

There’s a whole host of reasons for wanting to adopt an agile approach. Perhaps projects are regularly stumbling along or even consistently failing to deliver the goods. Or maybe the excellent word-of-mouth about agile is an incentive. The road leading to an agile world will vary but once the desire is there, the big questions are where to start and how complex the initial step is going to be.

There are several options for making the first leap. There’s nothing to stop a big bang approach and there are many examples of successful overnight revolutions. But there are many situations where a softly-softly approach is preferred and ...

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