Real-World Kanban

Chapter 2 Enterprise Kanban: Improve the Full Value Chain

It’s easy to lose focus on what is important in software development—make useful products and make it simple to do so. Let’s take a look at how Enterprise Kanban helped a traditional company do just that.

Very few companies start off improvements with a clean slate. They carry legacies—people, technology, roles, culture, market share, and processes. The legacy proves the company was successful at some point, but now results in heavy processes and structures, which slow down productivity and make things hard to change. There is a lot of bureaucracy. At the same time, hidden quality problems make it tempting for managers to call for even more control and coordination.

Let’s see how ...