Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban. Factoring in constant change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and measurable goals, political realities, and infrastructure needs, it covers all the ingredients required for success.

Using real-world examples, this practical guide illustrates how to implement Agile and Kanban in software project management and development across the entire IT department. To make things easier for busy IT leaders and executives, the text includes two case studies along with numerous templates to facilitate understanding and kick-start implementation.

Explaining how IT and business management can work together to determine business goals that drive this IT-wide undertaking, the book arms you with actionable solutions that can be put to use immediately in any IT department, regardless of size.

Reviews

Incorporating Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) principles and practices into your software development organization on a large scale and in a creative way will go a long way toward increasing value and reducing risks. For this reason alone, you will find it—as I do—very worthwhile to spend time reading this very practical book.

—Jack Bergstrand, CEO, Brand Velocity, Inc.; Former CFO of Coca-Cola Beverages and Former CIO of the Coca-Cola Company

… the authors provide an excellent overview of both Agile and Kanban practice and help us understand that a one-size-fits-all IT improvement effort is likely doomed to fail. … On top of a very logical seven-step process for IT-wide software capability improvement, this book also includes comprehensive advice, plans, tools, and practical case studies. By reading the book, you will be well equipped to determine what’s best for your IT organization. I am glad to have read it and now have it in my.

—Adam Warner, IT Management, Software Delivery Education Service Center, Richardson, Texas

Contents

SETTING UP THE STAGE

Ineffectiveness of IT Software Project Management and Development: What Can We Do about It?

Why Are Command-and-Control and Waterfall Life Cycle Approaches Harmful When Used Together?

What Can We Do about It?

Executive Summary of Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean)

So, What Is Agile?

Agile Manifesto

Example of a Known Agile Process: Scrum

Agile Practices in a Nutshell

So, What Is Lean and What Is Kanban?

So, What Is Lean?

So, What Is Kanban?

Kanban Practices in a Nutshell

Similarities between Agile/Scrum and Kanban

Summary

Endnotes

Why Agile Alone May Not Be Enough or the Right Solution, and Why Implementing Agile or Kanban without Good Business Objectives Will Normally Fail

Why Agile Alone May Not Be Enough (Preliminary Case St...