Kanban Compass: In the direction of team-driven change

by Justyna Pindel

Welcome to MarAvel.inc where missed deadlines, blaming others, overloaded systems, disappointed stakeholders, firefighting, and a superhero work culture is just business as usual. Join the quest of learning and discover how STATIK (Systems Thinking Approach to Implementing Kanban), TBR (Training from the Back of the Room), and Accelerated Learning can assist you while introducing Kanban to tired teams. This book will take you - a story about an anti-Kanban team and their system discovery process, - an introduction to the basic concepts of Training from the Back of the Room (TBR) and Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban (STATIK), - a step by step guide on how to design or redesign workshops to maximize learning opportunities for attendees. Start your Kanban adventure now. Take your time and use your newly gained knowledge to cope with your training challenges. Is Kanban Compass for me? It depends. If you - worked with a tired team, - tried to implement Kanban into an organization, - felt that everything in your Agile coaching, training or consulting let you down, - heard about STATIK, but you never had actionable ideas where to start, - read about Training from the Back of the Room, but didn't think that it will be useful in an Agile environment, - never designed a training, - or designed too many training and you feel that you've tried everything, Kanban Compass is your answer! Kanban Compass is a useful read not only for Kanban professionals but also for Agile practitioners who are coaching, training and leading tired teams.

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2020

Reviews

[Sebastian Gebski]

In some ways, Kanban has changed my life (seriously). Anderson's Kanban, Goldratt's ToC, Reinertsen's Flow - each of those was some sort of a transformative step that has helped me in understanding the nature of flowing work, the pull-style. That's why once in a way I try to grab a new book on the topic: not only to refresh the theory but also to get more inspirations and learn new tricks.

So I've reached for "Kanban Compass" and ... it didn't resonate with me at all. After the initial, engaging introduction I've expected far better, but what I've got in the end looked like an "industrial coach" cheat-sheet - prepared for an occassion when this time the training you're supposed to teach (1 of 100 in your portfolio) has to be about Kanban.

In the end it's one of the very books I've made no notes while reading (!). I've tried to do a separate summary - "what have I learned by reading this book", but sadly I had no idea either ;(

I give no start rating, because the issue may be cause by the format I've used (Kindle) - the author mentioned that she wanted this book very visual and maybe all that (and the associated value) has been scrapped in e-book version I have (amazon.com one).

Sadly - a disappointment. Let me know if you've read a different format and you had different feelings.