Kanban from the Inside Quotes

“For both system operation and system change, self-organization is both effective and humane.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“Is Kanban, in the words of the manifesto, a way of developing software? No. We”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“If unpredictability is a constant presence, we need to design for resilience and adaptability. Complexity”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“Managers don’t determine how the system behaves; they merely interact with it.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“If “improve collaboratively” is about how change is driven, then “evolve experimentally” is about how it is conducted.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“the next time you are surprised and frustrated by what looks like a failure of an individual or a failure of the process, ask if it could be explained instead as a failure to collaborate effectively. Turn”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“Too much work coupled with poor quality—is that a combination you recognize?”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“Doesn’t Kanban mean abandoning iterations and other elements of Scrum? This is a serious misconception. Kanban is the start with what you do now method; we would be the first to warn you not to drop aspects of your current process in an uncontrolled fashion. However, it would be dishonest of us to pretend that your pursuit of flow won’t at some point test your commitment to timeboxes, story points, and the like. How you and your organization deal with that will be a matter of choice.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“making the mental shift away from doing what is asked, taking orders, fulfilling requests, meeting requirements, and so on, and reorienting the process toward discovering and meeting needs.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact

“The best leaders are in the business of growing leadership in others, and they do not limit their investments to only the areas they control.”
― Mike Burrows, Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact