Agile Software Development: Kanban for Developers

Course details

Explore the world of kanban, a versatile process improvement method designed to clarify and enhance your development workflows. In this course, developer and Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Harrison Ferrone guides you through the core principles and practices of kanban, including how to use Trello to visualize and manage your projects. Learn how to apply lean thinking to eliminate waste, amplify learning, and make decisions. Discover strategies to limit work in progress, ensure effective flow, and identify potential bottlenecks. Gain insights into setting policies and maintaining consistency with feedback loops to sustain improvement. Stay ahead of inevitable challenges by mastering techniques for overcoming common kanban pitfalls. This course enables you to build the skills to implement incremental evolutionary changes that lead your team to deliver their best work consistently.

Learning objectives
Understand the basic concepts and techniques of kanban and how to implement them using tools like Trello.
Apply kanban principles and practices to improve workflow and performance in software development teams.
Analyze the impact of limiting work in progress on team commitment and productivity.
Create a visual kanban board to track and improve development processes.
Evaluate common pitfalls in kanban implementation and develop strategies to avoid them.

Concepts

Introduction

Putting kanban to work in your development team

Lean and Kanban

The lean mindset
Kanban principles
Core practices

Kanban in Practice

Demo overview
Project visualization with kanban
Limit work in progress
Managing flow with kanban

Processes and Pitfalls

Handling process policies
Improve and evolve your kanban
Avoiding bad kanban

Conclusion

Next steps