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Kanban should be the default choice for DevOps teams

06 Aug, 2014
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We had a successful workshop on DevOpsDays 2014. Our main point was that Kanban should be the default choice for DevOps teams. The presentation can be downloaded here.

DevOpsDays 2014 was a success

On the 19th, 20th & 21st of June 2014 the second edition of DevOpsDays Amsterdam was held in Pakhuis De Zwijger in Amsterdam. This year I was asked to teach a course there on Kanban for DevOps. At the 2013 edition I also gave a presentation about this subject and it was nice to be invited back to this great event.

With the Open Source mindset in mind I teamed up with Maarten Hoppen en Bas van Oudenaarde. Our message: Kanban should be the default choice for DevOps teams. 

The response to this workshop was very positive and because we received a lot of great feedback I thought I’d share the slide deck. The presentation assumes you are working in an environment where DevOps might work or is already being implemented. 

Main points of the presentation

DevOps is about Culture, Automation, Measurement and Sharing (CAMS). These four values require a way of working that looks past existing processes, handovers and role descriptions. 

The Kanban Method is about looking at your organization in a different way. From a point of:

  • Sustainability: by shaping demand and limiting Work in Progress
  • Service-Orientation: by creating an SLA based on past results and data
  • Survivability: create an improvement mindset in the organization to respond to rapidly changing environments

The three different ways the Kanban Method makes you look at your organization makes it an extremely powerful solution for DevOps.

If you are interested to learn more about the workshop, check out the slides here:

slideshare.net/jsonnevelt/kanban-bootcamp-devopsdays-2014

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