Some Notable Contributions in Kanban: 2007-2009
- Many pioneers and organizations made significant contributions to spreading awareness about the Kanban Methodology and making it a globally adopted methodology of Agile Software Development.
- Marry and Tom Poppendieck were the first people to spread knowledge about Kanban in software development. They made their contributions through conferences and publishing books on topics such as Value Stream Mapping, Queuing Theory, and Visual Workspace which formed the foundation of the Kanban for Software Development.
- After this, Microsoft started using the Kanban principles in software development-based projects. It started using the elements of the Scrum and Kanban methods in the existing methods through which the first Scrumban project became successful in the year 2004.
- Apart from this, David Anderson, who was working at Microsoft started making his contributions to the Agile principles. In 2007, he left Microsoft and collaborated with Dominica DeGrandis, who is one of the top Kanban experts now.
- They introduced the ‘Kanban system for change request processing’ that helped the teams remove the time-boxed iterations in the project.
- This was followed by some more contributions and in September 2007, Karl Scotland, Engineering Program Manager at Yahoo, introduced Kanban to this team. Due to these contributions, Kanban became popular and gained momentum in the year 2009.
History and Origin of the Kanban Methodology
Agile methodology has evolved as a modern approach to managing and delivering projects. It provides us with various methodologies like Scrum and Kanban. In this article, we will go through the history and evolution of Kanban, one of the most popular Agile Methods for Modern Software Development.
Table of Content
- What is Kanban?
- Purpose and Significance
- The Roots of Kanban: 1600s
- Origin of Kanban and Early Beginnings: 1940s
- Evolution of Kanban: 1940-1950s
- Transition to Software Development: 2003-2008
- Some Notable Contributions in Kanban: 2007-2009
- Key Principles of Kanban were Defined: Past 2010
- Conclusion
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