This page provides links to additional information about Leanban.

Reading paths

Scrum Reading Path. This Reading Path introduces essential concepts for Scrum in a Lean-Agile environment.
Extending Scrum to Leanban. This Reading Path helps your Scrum team select and use Agile approaches that best fit their situation and needs.

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Introduction to Leanban. A quick overview of Leanban: Its advantages, what it is, issues in implementation and getting started, roles and artifacts, and some Leanban practices.

Leanban Primer: Lean Software Development at the Team Level. This PDF is a useful reference for teams who have had some basic training in agile practices (such as Scrum or kanban) and want to use agile in the context of Lean. It is designed to assist the transition to effective Lean-Agile practices that enable enterprise delivery of value to customers.
Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility. This book describes better agile methods at the enterprise level.
Kanban and Scrum – making the most of both. This book was written assuming you have a Lean mindset (which you should have).

A New Agile Team Approach Emerges. This blog lays out the beginning discussion of our new approach.
What Team Level Approaches Should Consider. This blog discusses what practices all teams should do. Essentially if you are doing Scrum or Kanban or the Kanban Method, consider those listed here – regardless of what the creators of those processes say, these practices have a proven track record for virtually all teams.
Why Understanding Lean is Essential for an Agile Transformation. Describes Lean Thinking
The Danger of Point Solutions. Our new approach is not an integration of Scrum and the Kanban Method. Doing so would limit us to the practices of both. We do not want to do one or the other – we want to learn what works for us.
Insights at Agile 2014, Part III: Lean-Agile Development, 3rd Generation Agile. This blog discusses how we shouldn’t be asking about whether to use Scrum or the Kanban Method but should be recognizing both spring from Lean.
The Right Way to Do Scrum, but …. We often hear Scrum-but in a derogatory fashion. However, when it is appropriate to go beyond Scrum, here’s the right way to do it.

Implementing Team Agility. This course provides a solid understanding of the principles, key tenets, and practices for implementing a Lean-Agile approach at the team level.

3rd Generation Team Agile: Introducing Leanban A recorded presentation which explains the why and how of Leanban.
An Introduction to Kanban as an Overview of Agile This is a great webinar for those new to Agile.
Team Kanban in a Waterfall Environment Learn how Kanban can be easily started in most any environment
Webinar. Enhancing and Extending Scrum With Lean Learn how to improve your Scrum with Kanban practices based on Lean Principles

Mapping a Value Stream to a Kanban Board. The process of mapping a value stream to a Kanban board and why both are important in improving business-driven software development.
Real Tenets of Lean: Avoid Creating Waste By Eliminating Delay Lean is not really about eliminating waste – it’s about not creating it in the first place.