David Anderson, Founder of APLN

David Anderson

Biography: David Anderson

David J. Anderson leads a management consulting firm focused on improving performance of technology companies. He has many years management experience leading teams on agile software development projects. David was a founder of the agile movement through his involvement in the creation of Feature Driven Development. He was also a founder of the APLN, a non-profit dedicated to improving management and leadership in technology companies. Recently David has been focusing his attention on business agility and enterprise scale agile software transitions through a synergy of the CMMI model for organizational maturity with Agile and Lean methods.

Presentation: "Driving a Kaizen Culture using regular Operations Reviews"

Track: Lean and Kanban / Time: Friday 16:50 - 17:50 / Location: Falconer Salen

Both of David J. Anderson's books have featured chapters describing the use and value of regular operations reviews of the technology development organization. David has described operations review as the keystone or lynch pin of a Kanban initiative to drive the evolution of a Lean organization. Despite this it remains the least often implemented of the Kanban practices. This talk will present the why, what and how of operations reviews and advocate for their greater use as part of a Lean initiative and focal point for creating a Kaizen culture within your business.