Posted by Christophe on January 10, 2011
Registration to the Lean Software & Systems Conference 2011, rare Agile conference in SoCal, is open. Early bird until February 28th.
I spent the evening with David Anderson, Janice Linden-Reed, and a few other friends, discussing the management of the volunteers. We toured the Hyatt hotel in Long Beach; I can say the setup is even better than last year in Atlanta.
The speakers and program will be announced next week.
I’m already looking for the event.
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Posted by Christophe on May 31, 2010
I’ve been pretty silent on this blob the past few weeks. Starting a new job is quite a tow.
After doing Kanban for over a year at my previous gig, and enjoying it, it was quite natural for me to introduce it to my new teams.
The first team that jumped into it (from scrum) decided -on its own- to put a presentation for the other teams after a few weeks.
Unfiltered tidbits:
The team loves the reduced prescription list. This may only be a sign that they like change – this is a proactive team.
Half of my teams have now introduced Kanban changes to their scrum. Some have directly abandoned iterations and everything coming with them, some have simply added limits and changed a few things.
Having David Anderson in the office for a few days was a big catalyst. BTW, Check out his new book on Kanban.
PS: for the picture in the post? I don’t know. Ask my team. They put it in their presentation 
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Posted by Christophe on November 15, 2009
Mark your calendar. The LSSC registration and call for papers are now open.
This is a small conference (250 people). If you want in, register quickly!
I’ll be joining the 40 speakers.
If your agile implementation doesn’t deliver what you were expecting, this conference may give you a new view on what to do next.
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The inaugural Lean Software & Systems Conference is now open for registration and paper submissions.
Register or submit now at http://atlanta2010.leanssc.org/
Conference Chair: David Anderson
Track Chairs: Alan Shalloway, Joshua Kerievsky, James Sutton, Richard Turner, Eric Willeke, Chris Shinkle and David Anderson
Event Planner: Kelly Wilson (SEP)
Event Team: Janice Linden-Reed, Dennis Stevens, Aaron Sanders, Eric Landes
Registration
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Registration is limited by venue capacity to 250 in addition to our 40 speakers and event planning team.
The first 50 registrants receive a special discount price of $800, plus an exclusive invite to the speaker luncheon on Thursday April 22nd and a special Ltd WIP Society t-shirt designed by David Anderson and exclusive to the event.
Regular registration will cost $995.
Late comer registration after March 31st 2010 will cost $1250.
There are currently no plans to offer single day registration.
Venue
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JW Marriott, Buckhead, Atlanta. A special room block of 180 rooms has been reserved. Please use the link on the conference site to make your reservation.
Dates
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Wednesday April 21 to Friday April 23, 2010
Call For Papers
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This year’s conference features 2 key note speakers, 21 invited speakers and 17 presentations selected from the call for papers. Details of all invited speakers are already on the web site.
The 2010 event features 3 tracks per day and either 1 hour or 45 minute time slots depending on track and day.
Sponsorship
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Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) is the organizing sponsor. We are seeking other sponsors for the event and the sponsorship proposal package will be available in December. If you wish to receive a copy please email info@leanssc.org
Register or submit now at http://atlanta2010.leanssc.org/
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Posted by Christophe on March 30, 2009
In this Qcon 2008 presentation, David Anderson presents a brief history of the kanban system through case study reports from teams at Microsoft and Corbis. Kanban acts to limit work-in-progress and focus the team on achieving a continuous flow of value to the customer and innovates on accepted agile management practices by providing an iteration-less process with a regular release cadence.
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Posted by Christophe on January 10, 2009
The Lean & Kanban 2009 Conference is Rescheduled.
Here’s the notification email from David Anderson posted in the Kanbandev group:
All,
For a number of reasons, the organizing committee and speakers have
chosen to reschedule the Lean & Kanban Conference for May 6th-8th. We
did not take this decision lightly. However, given the slow rate of
registrations, we want to give everyone as much time as possible to
prepare and schedule their participation. We want to provide maximum
value to sponsors and take time to prepare a proper “Transactions”
publication with contributions from all the speakers.
All other details of the event remain unchanged. It will be held in
Miami at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and the price remains the same.
You can register at http://www.leankanbanconference.com/
I will be contacting all the currently registered attendees over the
weekend offering them a refund, or a credit towards any rebooking fee
they may incur for travel changes.
I truly believe this change is the right decision and will make for a
significantly better event for all. I would like to apologize for any
inconvenience caused to the small number of you who made a commitment
and registered already. I hope will understand.
Regards,
David
http://www.leankanbanconference.com/
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Posted by Christophe on August 23, 2008
David Anderson (now president of Modus Cooperandi) is definitively one of the fresh minds in what some would call the “aging narrow minded agile movement”. He has been an active practitioner for years (sprint PCS/microsoft/corbis) and is talking the language of people that actually have to deliver value for their company.
In his presentation “Future Directions for Agile” at Agile 2008 he showed how kanban can serve to unify the agile and lean principles. He also called for stopping the Agile arrogance and offered to join forces with the CMMI folks to measure enterprise success.
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