Even though the Continuous Improvement in Software Development Conference may be over, there is still much work being done to distill and distribute the knowledge, value, and magic that happened made KaizenConf 2008 the great success it was.
Get the videos
As part of that distillation process I, and many others, are currently going through hundreds of Gigabytes of video footage we captured, we’re doing post production work, and eventually we’ll be uploading all of it to the Intar-webs.
The primary location to find information on any of the pre-conference workshops or the sessions themselves is at the KaizenConf wiki. If you’re looking for the videos, you’ll want to pay particular attention to the media page.
Lean Software Engineering
Lean is one topic that I’ve been studying a lot as of late, and I’ve been putting it into practicing more and more every day. A fair amount of my time at KaizenConf was focused on the discussions and workshops around Lean – pull systems, Kanban boards, Value Stream Mapping, etc…
And naturally, since those are the topics I’m interested in, I made sure to get those videos processed first. :) Here’s what I’ve got so far:
Pull, Don't Push - Lean Systems and Kanban
Workshop Description (from Dave Laribee's original post on the workshops):
I will say this will be aimed at getting you up and running with an iteration-less pull system or "Kanban." We'll cover some of the principles of Lean Software Development, queue and buffer patterns, and metrics/reporting.
We’ve got nearly three hours of video from this workshop.
- Dave discusses some of the reasons, principles, and basics of Lean Software Development
- Value Stream Mapping - a real-life example
- Building a Kanban Board
Kanban in Small Teams
I can’t take any credit for this one, but I can give credit to Ryan Kelley and the Los Techies crew for getting this video ready.
The main topic I was trying to discuss in this space were the challenges that are out there with implementing Lean and Kanban in small teams.
You can read more info about this session at the wiki. Oh, and be sure to check out the video for the full impact!
More to come…
As I said, there is plenty more content to be processed… but it does take time. So a huge thanks goes out to all the other folks volunteering their time to help with this effort. Keep you eye on the wiki for more updates and content.
Always be Improving!
