Kanban has always been thought of as an evolutionary approach - 'start with what you are doing right now' and progress from there towards greater agility but, what may not be apparent initially is that change is very much part of the Kanban journey once you choose to implement it.

LeAP is a new way to increase the power of traditional management by providing ways to apply Systems-Lean-Agile thinking, Kanban, Scrum, and Serious Games to all the processes of the PMBOK®. LeAP was created by Masa K Maeda with Matías Carrasco and his company partners.

This 50-minute webinar is designed for anyone interested in rapidly applying Lean in their organization. It is appropriate for owners and top executives, department and division heads, Lean practitioners, implementation teams, and Lean team members.After attending this webinar, you will be able evaluate the appropriateness of Lean for your organization, compare LeanNow to other approaches, and share the underlying principles with others.

Kanban is an evolutionary (non-disruptive) change management process; the fact is that it requires a change in organizational and management practices and behavior that can be daunting. The best place to begin that change is at a personal level.

Kanban is evolutionary and not revolutionary. Kanban is making waves in IT operations and Software development, HR, Sales, Marketing, Insurance Claims and more! Kanban gives more accurate and visual way to predict the cost and time of delivery of any project. During this one hour webinar Sudipta demonstrates innovative and efficient techniques and methods to improve predictability of cost and time for executing projects.

Agile methods have worked very well at the Team level, with 5-15 collocated team members. But when you have do the same with an Organization-wide team of 100s or more people, spread across the globe working to deliver a shared service or build a single product, how do you achieve that?

Have you looked at Kanban for software development? Are you concerned it may be too open-ended for delivering value? Does its lack of the time-box bother you? If these or similar issues make you unsure about Kanban, then this webinar is for you.

David J Anderson is widely regarded as the “Father” of Kanban in IT and software development. He is a recognized global thought leader on Adoption of Lean/ Kanban principles in IT. He leads a consulting, training and publishing business dedicated to developing, promoting and implementing sustainable evolutionary approaches for management of knowledge workers. He has 30 years experience in the hi-tech industry. He has led software teams delivering superior productivity and quality using innovative agile methods at large companies such as Sprint, Motorola, and Microsoft. David is also the author of three books, Agile Management for Software Engineering – Applying the Theory of Constraints for Business Results, Kanban – Successful Evolutionary Change for your Technology Business, and Lessons in Agile Management: On the Road to Kanban.

We are back once again with a “State of the Union” styled update from David Anderson himself! He will provide highlights of Lean/ Kanban worldwide, especially in Europe following the 3 LKU Kanban conferences. He will also provide a summary of Kanban related training and certification options with LeanKanban University.