What we’re about
The Kanban Coaching Exchange (KCE) is intended to be a really great place to learn, get those burning questions off your chest and to make new friends. It follows in the footsteps of the Agile Coaching Exchange (ACE) which often has Kanban specific questions and topics, the KCE will provide a Kanban focused forum.
We pride ourselves in giving back to the Kanban community and so these exchanges are about:
- Connecting Kanban practitioners so that they can collaborate and work together in the future
- Creating a learning environment
- Providing a place for newer practitioners and coaches to seek support
- Exchanging coaching skills and experiences
- Developing new concepts collaboratively that we can use when coaching
- Developing ideas that will support the discipline of coaching
- Having fun, sharing, and collaboration
- Improving the understanding of Kanban in the wider community
The target audience is you, peers that you work with or have worked with, Kanban practitioners, and anybody with potential to be coaches or good Kanban practitioners. Please feel free to bring others along, especially people from your current workplace/engagement who could benefit from this kind of sharing event.
The format will be a talk by an invited speaker, followed by open discussion based on what the group feels would be the best topics to spend our time on
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Dungeons and Dragons - Scrum and Kanban edition! With David & GlaudiaLink visible for attendees
About the Talk
In the world of ways of working and change management, Scrum and Kanban are often wielded as different strategies used by teams - like adventurers embarking on a quest! Scrum emphasises clear objectives (Product Goal and Sprint Goal), with a treasure map (Product Backlog) wielded by a particular hero (Product Owner), a defined dungeon master to guide the team (Scrum Master), and set events (the Scrum events). Some might look at Kanban as a free-roaming, open-world campaign where the team doesn't follow a set path, instead they react to a limited number of new challenges (work in progress limits) while tracking the current state of their journey (visualisation).
But which strategy works best for particular adventures? Is rolling the dice on Kanban a better choice when there is more uncertainty and Scrum when the path is more clear? How do each deal with dragons, orcs, goblins and stakeholders? Does combining both justifiably incur the wrath of the (agile) gods?
In this session, we hope to enhance your understanding of the similarities and differences of Scrum and Kanban, when you might choose one or the other, or when to combine them. Whatever your dungeons of dysfunctions with Scrum or Kanban, join us In this fun and creative session for a hands-on exploration of Scrum and Kanban - if you dare!About the Speakers
David Spinks
My professional experience spans roles of; Agile Trainer, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Kanban Service Delivery Manager, Team Leader and Software Developer in a variety of industries, including finance, eCommerce, social housing and education. I am a Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP), and a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). I am also the co-author of the books Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams, *Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team *and Adopting Agile Across Borders. I believe in servant leadership, and value environments where empowerment, autonomy and flexibility enable teams to do the best work possible. I am committed to continuous learning and development in myself and others. I am passionate about getting the best out of teams and seeing people reach their full potential. I am an active in the global Agile community, including blogging, and speaking at conferences and meetups around the world. I enjoy travelling, keeping fit, the outdoors and spending quality time with my guitar.Glaudia Califano
I am passionate about the people side of change and bringing meaningful change into organisations, with a focus on helping teams and organisations deliver customer value in a sustainable way. I have worked with a range of organisations in a range of industries; from small digital agencies to big corporate organisations. Aside from this I volunteer my services for charitable organisations.I started my Agile journey in a Scrum team with QA/ Test as my main expertise. I soon came to realise the benefit of being part of the bigger picture and getting a deep understanding of the Software Development Lifecyle and the end to end value stream.
Over the years I enhanced my skills and knowledge by taking on different roles and responsibilities across a variety of disciplines such as Scrum Master, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, Service Delivery Management, Agile & Lean coaching and Professional Facilitation. I have guided organisations along their journeys towards business agility, allowing them to inspect and adapt and focus on customer value.
Aside from working in the trenches with organisations and teams, I am an Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) with Kanban University. I am a former ICAgile Instructor, DevOps Institute trainer and ambassador, a Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer (PST). I still work on a contract basis for scrum.org.
I am the co-author of the following books: Adopting Agile Across Borders published by Apress, *Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team *also published by Apress, and Facilitating Professional Scrum Teams, published as part of the Professional Scrum series by Pearson/ Addison Wesley.
