Online Webinar Presented by: NetObjectives (REP 3045)
Duration: 45 Min Credits: 0.75 PDU Category C- Free PDU
Given 12:00pm-1:00pm PST. Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Note: Although the NetObjectives is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact them for further information.

What does LEAN mean to you?

Lean-thinking is the combination of applying known software development principles with lean-management and lean-learning work in order to speed time-to-market while improving quality and lowering costs. It provides insights from project initiation through development, deployment and consumption by the customer (internal in IT and external in product companies). Lean focuses on helping people improve the environment and systems in which they work.

Introduction to Kanban:

Kanban has been called a set of tools by many people. Kanban, however, is much more than that. Kanban is more a mindset and approach than the tools it is known for such as limiting WIP, explicit policies and including management. This webinar is a brief introduction to the lean-thinking behind the Kanban practices.

Kanban is the next generation of Agile methods, built on a lean foundation. This method is now applied to knowledge work such as software development — domains in which “inventory” isn’t visible but its effect is still felt. If your organization struggles with the inventory of unfinished work, bugs and other quality issues, while you are under pressure to deliver faster and more frequently, you may benefit from applying the Kanban method.

Kanban is based on Lean Product Development flow and provides insights into how to solve many software development challenges while being inclusive of management. It can be implemented at a pace of the development organization’s choosing. making it much more flexible than other agile systems. Kanban is meant to be adapted to the particular needs of each organization.

For more information visit Janice’s website Kanban 101 It is a compedium of her own quest to learn about Kanban in order to assist people in getting started.

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Presenter: Janice Linden-Reed (LinkedIn & @JLindenReed twitter) has been in the computer software industry for 20-years, co-founding and acting as VP of Content for a Computer Gaming company, becoming Director of Creative Development for an online video website, serving as a ScrumMaster for product development teams, as a liaison to sales and marketing, and becoming a Process Guru for Agile Development using Kanban and Lean methods. At Net Objectives she manages projects involving websites, marketing materials, and other collateral and events to grow the market for Lean-Kanban initiatives, and to improve efficiency in operations to allow fast company growth.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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