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Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban
by
Henrik Kniberg (Goodreads Author)
Lean from the Trenches is all about actual practice.
Find out how the Swedish police combined XP, Scrum, and Kanban in a 60-person project. From start to finish, you'll see how to deliver a successful product using Lean principles.
We start with an organization in desperate need of a new way of doing things and finish with a group of sixty, all working in sync to develop a...more
Find out how the Swedish police combined XP, Scrum, and Kanban in a 60-person project. From start to finish, you'll see how to deliver a successful product using Lean principles.
We start with an organization in desperate need of a new way of doing things and finish with a group of sixty, all working in sync to develop a...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
December 21st 2011
by Pragmatic Bookshelf
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I could not stop reading this book.
With Scrum and XP from the trenches, Henrik wrote one of the most important books in the agile literature. He did not write big theory, he wrote what he did and what worked for him. He did the same for Scrum and Kanban from the trenches. With Lean from the trenches he went a step further, he wrote about one specific project.
A lot of people in the agile world are asking for horror stories, to learn when things go wrong. Henrik wrote about what he did to make thi...more
With Scrum and XP from the trenches, Henrik wrote one of the most important books in the agile literature. He did not write big theory, he wrote what he did and what worked for him. He did the same for Scrum and Kanban from the trenches. With Lean from the trenches he went a step further, he wrote about one specific project.
A lot of people in the agile world are asking for horror stories, to learn when things go wrong. Henrik wrote about what he did to make thi...more
I liked this book, yet expected much more from it.
My definition of "large" is different from the one in the book (afai remember it was 70 developers on that project).
My definition of "lean" would not necessarily include the concept of a "project" in the first place...
Most of the ideas I've read about were not new to me—and this is obviously very subjective.
So while I did not learn as much from the book as I wanted, it still was worth the time, as Henrik's writing style is entertaining, and he te...more
My definition of "large" is different from the one in the book (afai remember it was 70 developers on that project).
My definition of "lean" would not necessarily include the concept of a "project" in the first place...
Most of the ideas I've read about were not new to me—and this is obviously very subjective.
So while I did not learn as much from the book as I wanted, it still was worth the time, as Henrik's writing style is entertaining, and he te...more
Unlike most Agile books, this book actually walks through a real life company and explains many of the processes that are currently in place. The most important lesson is likely that every implementation is going to be different, but the author does a good job explaining why variances were made and comments on areas of improvement.
There are some useful chapters on organising daily standups ("cocktail parties"), version control and handling non-user stories on Kanban boards. The XP/Scrum/Kanban o...more
There are some useful chapters on organising daily standups ("cocktail parties"), version control and handling non-user stories on Kanban boards. The XP/Scrum/Kanban o...more
Its first book I enjoyed to read about Agile. I mean it was not full of boring stuff and still being written in professional level.
First part about running kanban for big project in Sweden, second part highligthing important knowledge learn on the way building the project.
Defo something to learn when you start. Its easier to understand and start with.
First part about running kanban for big project in Sweden, second part highligthing important knowledge learn on the way building the project.
Defo something to learn when you start. Its easier to understand and start with.
Excellent introduction to lean and Kanban through a practical report on its implementation on a large software project. Author writes very accessibly and, more importantly, without laying down large axioms from the evidence. Very much: this worked for us, it might work for you.
Very comprehensive "project report" on how the author used lean and agile techniques for a software project for a police department. It's really nice to see pragmatic solutions to problems instead of the more "textbook" solutions other authors/books offer.
I just wanted to read the first one or two chapters to get in the mood for work this worning. Well, I couldn't stop until it was finished. A great book with a lot of practical advice. This definitely is one of the best books on Lean/Agile that I've read so far. Highly recommendable (like pretty much everything by the author.)
And now I have to get some work done...
And now I have to get some work done...
This is a short read which is more of a "how we did it" versus a "here is how to do it", which I enjoyed. The author consistently underscores the notion that there is no one way and that each project is different so don't be afraid to try new ideas. In parts of the book the author is quite candid in admitting that they hadn't figure certain aspects yet but here is what we tried. My team is geographically dispersed while theirs was co-located, which was very important to how they operated. If you...more
In this book Kniberg shares his experience in applying agile.
While reading his experiences I've had many good insights of things to try with my own team.
While reading his experiences I've had many good insights of things to try with my own team.
Honest, open and relevant.
A quick read with Interesting stories, but nothing new once you've been involved in the Lean/Agile way of development and also read a book or two about it.
So it was OK indeed - a very nice story, some interesting insight but it didn't change my world. There is once excellent quote in the book about bugs and I recommend that you pick it up and read it for that one comment. Part 2 might be useful for someone new to Lean or Agile or systems thinking.
I really like the presented case study. It's a great story of not following absolutes and neither being docmatic but rather taking the best of every area and combine it to something exactly matching the need of a particular project.
Kudos to the author for publishing such a book.
Kudos to the author for publishing such a book.
Once again Henrik is incredibly clear in explaining mechanics and motivations. One of the books with the highest value per page. Gold.
We have applied some topics such as synch meetings, cocktails meetings and kanban workflow covered on this book and results are being fantastic. on the other hand, metrics chapter should be better explained.
Really liked it, lots of lean wisdom inside, in a practical view...
Superior description of the application of Kanban in a real project.
interesting
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