In a previous post, I talked about the Kanban 1.0 process template made by the ALM Rangers. It gives you some basic information, and it also describes how to install the process template and how to create a new Team Project based on this process...
In this blogpost, I want to talk a little bit about how Team Foundation Server can help you to support your Kanban Process. We will use the Practical Kanban Guidance from the ALM Rangers, where I am also a part of the team. I will talk about the the...
Yesterday, together with the Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012 RC release, the ALM Rangers have also SIMultaneously SHIPped their guidance as RC. As I’m really proud to have been involved in the ALM Rangers team, I can tell you...
A while ago, I asked a question on Stack Exchange Project Management about how to use the Kanban board for very small tasks. Let me explain what I mean about small tasks: We do development of some products (web-applications) which are used...
Now that we are using our Kanban board for a while, it’s time to do some analytics with the visualized information on the whiteboard. Kanban is not only about visualizing your process with a bunch of post-it’s, you can actually do a lot...
A while ago I wrote a blogpost about why scrum didn’t work for us. Some of you did suggest me to use the Kanban methodology instead. This would be a much better suit for our team. I did a lot of research of what Kanban really is, what the best...
In this blog post I’ll try to explain why using Scrum didn’t fit our needs. I’ll talk about the main reasons, my personal opinion and what the alternatives are for our team. First of all, let me explain the team situation, the...