There is a new version 0.3 release of the Kanban template for TFS on codeplex.  This new release took a lot longer than I anticipated.  It does include some new process templates.  Also, 2 new reports are included (Cycle Time and Flow).  These should begin to help.  Also, I hope to test this with the Sticky Buddy project ...

On June 12th I will be in Indianapolis, IN giving a talk on TFS and Kanban to the TFS SIG there.  Check out this link for information on where and when.

It's been a while.  I wanted to give some more insight on how we are proceeding putting constraints in our parking lot.  For some change management processes, your customers might be able to submit as many change tickets as they want.  In most scenarios, at least some of those change tickets should never be done, they are ...

I want to announce that I have posted an alpha version of the Kanban Process Template for TFS on codeplex.  The template as currently has a set of Areas and Iterations to help get started with Kanban.  This Process template is based off the MSF Agile template.  There is now a score field, that has points based off the fibonacci ...

I wanted to share some general accomplishments from our first quarter of using Kanban in terms of metrics.  Our cycle times have been slashed in half!  Our backlog is the lowest I've ever seen it at.  And we've been able to quickly identify blockages and fix those issues. I don't want you to think there's not room ...

It's time for a little feedback on where we are for our Kanban system for Change Manaement.  For explanations of how and why we are implementing this sytem, please look at the posts, Using Kanban to manage your maintainence backlog post.  , and the More on Using Kanban to manage your maintainence backlog.  First good thing ...

Corey Ladas has a post about document work standards.  This got me to thinking, how in our kanban we might document our work standards.  Our issue is that we are going all electronic.  We will have an overhead display to flash the kanban boards.  I had never thought about using information radiators for your standards in the ...

Now that we've been implementing our Kanban for over 1 month, we've got our metrics a little settled.  The system has proven it can bring down our backlog.  With focused effort you can see improvements.  The metrics that I believe are important include the following.  The Kanban board (for us this shows WIP, ...