Ed Tsyitee JrConsultant | Consultant Tucson, Az, United States
Honestly, I'm still trying to learn more about scrum and kanban. For the casual observer, scrum is a rugby term, and kanban is a type of Korean vegetable roll.
Thankfully, there is a wealth of information here on this site that will help me learn more about those methods. Saving Changes...
Scrum is all about following 6 principles. Kanban is one of the techniques to visualize the work. Kanban will help better track work from epic to release. Saving Changes...
At a very high level... here is what the difference is explained (credited smartsheet.com):
Kanban: Kanban, meaning “visual sign” or “card” in Japanese, is a visual framework to implement Agile. It promotes small, continuous changes to your current system. Its principles include: visualize the workflow, limit work in progress, manage and enhance the flow, make policies explicit, and continuously improve.
Scrum: Scrum is one of the most popular ways to implement Agile. It is an iterative software model that follows a set of roles, responsibilities, and meetings that never change. Sprints, usually lasting one to two weeks, allow the team to deliver software on a regular basis.
The SmartSheet description makes it sound like Kanban is an Agile tool. While many Agile development teams use Kanban, it is much older than the Agile Manifesto that so many people reference. I just want to make sure no one here is confused by that.
(Agile is actually older than the Agile Manifesto, as well. I just want to make sure everyone understands that Kanban is not a project management method for software. Taiichi Ohno developed Kanban back in the 1950s with Toyota. It's a useful tool to control workflow that's been adopted by software developers.)
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Wade HarshmanScrum Master| GDITIndianapolis, In, United States
Jun 06, 2017 11:35 PM
Replying to Demetrius Williams
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At a very high level... here is what the difference is explained (credited smartsheet.com):
Kanban: Kanban, meaning “visual sign” or “card” in Japanese, is a visual framework to implement Agile. It promotes small, continuous changes to your current system. Its principles include: visualize the workflow, limit work in progress, manage and enhance the flow, make policies explicit, and continuously improve.
Scrum: Scrum is one of the most popular ways to implement Agile. It is an iterative software model that follows a set of roles, responsibilities, and meetings that never change. Sprints, usually lasting one to two weeks, allow the team to deliver software on a regular basis.
The SmartSheet description makes it sound like Kanban is an Agile tool. While many Agile development teams use Kanban, it is much older than the Agile Manifesto that so many people reference. I just want to make sure no one here is confused by that.
(Agile is actually older than the Agile Manifesto, as well. I just want to make sure everyone understands that Kanban is not a project management method for software. Taiichi Ohno developed Kanban back in the 1950s with Toyota. It's a useful tool to control workflow that's been adopted by software developers.)
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1 reply by Demetrius Williams
Jun 07, 2017 4:49 PM
Demetrius Williams
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Great point Wade. Thanks for adding that for clarification.
The SmartSheet description makes it sound like Kanban is an Agile tool. While many Agile development teams use Kanban, it is much older than the Agile Manifesto that so many people reference. I just want to make sure no one here is confused by that.
(Agile is actually older than the Agile Manifesto, as well. I just want to make sure everyone understands that Kanban is not a project management method for software. Taiichi Ohno developed Kanban back in the 1950s with Toyota. It's a useful tool to control workflow that's been adopted by software developers.)
Great point Wade. Thanks for adding that for clarification. Saving Changes...
