Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

by David J. Anderson

En un entorno de negocios en constante cambio, en el que la transformaciOn digital de las empresas es una cuestiOn de supervivencia, se hace necesario un nuevo enfoque para los modos de trabajo de las organizaciones que ponga el foco en mejorar la cadena de valor de un producto o servicio por medio de una aportaciOn continUa y constante de valor a todos los intervinientes de un flujo de trabajo. ApoyAndose en los principios Lean como base fundacional, el mEtodo Kanban, que se describe de manera somera en este libro, es una excelente forma de poner el camino hacia la deseada agilidad empresarial que las organizaciones estAn aplicando cada vez con mayor profundidad en muchos Ambitos del negocio, no sOlo en el tecnolOgico. Kanban es un mEtodo que nos ayuda a identificar el valor para el cliente, a visualizar los flujos de tareas que se realizan en una organizaciOn para entregar un trabajo, a controlar la cantidad de trabajo en curso aumentando la calidad entregada y a enfocarnos en mejorar de manera continua y evolutiva siendo capaces de medir los resultados para poderlos mejorar. Este no es un libro exhaustivo sobre Kanban, sino una introducciOn, un resumen de los mensajes mAs importantes que deberAs conocer para poder dar el siguiente paso. El libro te ayudarA a empezar con Kanban y a aprender con la prActica, aplicando uno de los principios lean: Learning by Doing.



No lo dudes y empieza a aprender el mEtodo Kanban con este Kanban Essential Condensado que hemos tenido el placer de poder traducir al castellano para toda la comunidad hispano-hablante.

Genres: Business, Management, Nonfiction, Technology, Productivity, Software, Computers

278 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2010

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

David is an innovator in management thinking for 21st Century businesses. Author and pioneer of the Kanban Method he has more than 30 years’ experience working in the high-technology industry. David previously worked at IBM, Sprint, Motorola, and Microsoft where he developed the Kanban Method to greatly improving business outcomes on an enterprise-scale.

Originator of the Kanban Method, and co-creator of the Kanban Maturity Model, the Fit-for-Purpose Framework, and Enterprise Services Planning. David is a global leader in management training and leadership development for professional services, and intangible goods industries.

He is the author of 7 leading books for modern business with the most renowned being published in 2010 “KANBAN: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” which is in the top 5 best-selling Agile books of all time.

David also founded Kanban University, which includes over 400 accredited trainers and consultants. In addition, he created multiple global Kanban conferences and is the Chairman of the David J. Anderson School of Management which provides training in 21st-century business practices for enterprise agility, business resilience, and organizational maturity.

The group of companies founded by David is held within Mauvius Group Inc. This group of companies is focused on improving the quality of management, leadership, and decision making for 21st-century businesses.

Reviews

[DerMaddin]

A very concise description of Kanban, what it does, and how to implement it.

[Andrew Ziegler]

I have been looking for a quick, easily digestible book about Kanban as good as Scrum for the Rest of Us is about Scrum. If you’re into Agility and are looking for an easy in road for yourself or a team for on demand scheduling mechanisms…this book is excellent.

[TruongSinh Tran-Nguyen]

Well-organized and informative, but as the authors already warn, this book is condensed, dry and overwhelming. I cannot say I learn much from this book, but will have to read instead. I don't think this is a good introduction to Kanban as does for Scrum.

[Gemma O'Rourke]

Very short and to-the-point. However, as someone entirely new to Kanban, I found it too high-level. It is a good introduction to the main points of Kanban, and at the very least it has helped me to figure out what areas I need to explore further. One other book recommended to me was Kanban in Action, so I will likely read this next to get more detail on how Kanban actually works.
For me, this book is more of a refresher for those who are already familiar with Kanban, so would not recommend for a beginner.

[Nathalie Karasek]

Very short and not enough practical for my taste.

[Tim Dellas]

It does what it's supposed to do, summarize the minimal concepts, values, systems and metrics of Kanban, giving you a good glimpse of it before leading you to which books you should read next.

What I didn't like about Kanban:
- too many values that seem not sharp enough to be used in real work
- too much jargon that is too technical, too systems-thinking and too far from usable day-to-day speaking, which makes it hard to swallow and teach

What I liked:
- that we have meetings defined. Didn't know about this at all. Of course labelled with something that's too hard to remember, so I'll call them meetings.
- that its VERY adaptive

[Ahmad A.]

This book covers the essence of what Kanban really is with respect to its Values, Principles and Practices. I really liked it. The material goes until page 50 and after that it's followed by a short sections on further study materials, glossary, notes and references. I recommend it to people who want a starting point on Kanban before committing to reading longer, but still more thorough, works such as: "Making Work Visible" or "Kanban in Action".

[David Westerveld]

Obviously short and only an "appetite whetter," I feel like this book didn't quite get the balance right. It's hard to summarize a large topic in such a small book, but I think there was too much (for example) going into equations and other details that didn't need to be in a summary volume like this. I may dive into so of the resources mentioned though and there was some helpful stuff in here worth thinking about an perhaps putting into practice in my day to day work.

[Erkka Ryynänen]

In my opinion this was too technical for the purpose of getting quickly good understanding how and when to use Kanban. Instead of having long glossary, notes and references as well as explaining in some detail feedback loops, values, agendas and principles, the book would have benefitted from more practical approach and a collection of use cases.

[Alan]

Um resumo muito bom do que é o método Kanban, seus valores, princípios e práticas. Apresenta uma seção com métricas muito legal e também um resumo de como implementar o Kanban usando o Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban. É um ótimo guia para introduzir o Kanban para seu time.

[Michael Haupt]

An excellent concise overview of Kanban, with a wealth of pointers to resources that go deeper. My recommendation for anyone interested in Kanban would be to start with this and then take deep dives following the pointers.

[Sean]

While not nearly as detailed as Anderson's Kanban book, this small offering provides a quick high-level overview of Kanban and the values that drive it. It lacks the compelling, convincing stories of the larger books.

[Chris]

good little reference on kanban, not ideal for people new but a good little book to point to on topics that are easier to identify than in the blue book. The book is also free and available online for those interested which is a big plus: https://kanbanbooks.com/free-kanban-b...

[Carlos]

In my opinion, whenever you have previous knowledge, it's a good book for recalling concepts, as they are presented in a summarised, well structured and easy to read way. It is not suitable to be used as an introduction to the Kanban method by itself.

[Vassilena]

It’s a nice quick read to refresh your memory, but you need to be familiar with Kanban already.

[Miguel Ocaña]

Es lo que promete, versión condensada, mejor si ya conoces algo de Kanban ya que no es para aprender, lo veo mejor como libro de consulta

[Irina Teteruk]

Laconic and covers all significant moments. The book is ideal for reading in a plane for a couple of hours.

[Jonathan]

Most condensed version of Kanban, not speaking insights of KANBAN. Only shows the glossary and notes of its original 'Blue book'.

[Adam]

Excellent coverage of basic/core Kanban principles, terminology, and guidelines.

[Alvaro]

A short presentation of the system. Enough to understand the basics and discover how can apply for your work. I miss some examples to clarify.

[Philippe Aubrée]

Très synthétique, un bon mini-livre qui peut servir de pointeur vers tous les sujets à aborder/apprendre sur Kanban.

[Gary Watts]

The essential first introduction to Kanban - where all people interested in Kanban should start. From here you can build out to other things, but start small, and get this first one done.

[Kirsten]

Great initial read that outlines the fundamentals of Kanban.

[Jochen Deferme]

Good source of information, yet a bit too condensed

[Serge Huybrechts]

Good starter, but missing depth. Then again, it is condensed to 40-ish pages.

[Inna Ivanova]

The book delivers the essence of the kanban improvement method. It is great for beginners and as an overview and quick summary. Perfect for the beginning or as a reminder.

[Oscar]

principal-dev

[Ingrid Sosa]

Excelente aportación que funge como guía para la implementación de Kanban. Con un curso como base, éste libro representa lo mejor y los pasos a seguir para una buena implementación del método.

[Gaston]

Really good to understand the values, principles and practices!

[Jack Vinson]

Looking forward to the final version (I read 0.93 draft) and the "full guide" that are to come out in 2016.

It was interesting reading this a few years after Kanban and then using the concepts and ideas in my own work. There is a lot more parallels in Theory of Constraints discussions of "flow" and similar focus on flow within Kanban.