SEATTLE, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lean Kanban, the global leader in the Kanban Method, today announced its full conference program for Lean Kanban North America 2018 conference and the Kanban Leadership Retreat. The finalized schedule is available at (http://lkna18.leankanban.com/program/). Lean Kanban North America is the premier event dedicated to practices and approaches to address the constant challenges inherent in managing knowledge work. The conference will take place April 9-11, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. To register, please visit: http://lkna18.leankanban.com/register/
"The interest and success of Kanban continues to accelerate," said Todd Little, CEO of Lean Kanban. "As adoption of Kanban practices continues throughout the enterprise, the Lean Kanban conference delivers content and expertise that will transform knowledge work, spanning from individuals to teams and ultimately to the enterprise."
Lean Kanban North America 2018 attendees will have the opportunity to explore the latest Kanban techniques, best practices and customer success stories. The conference will provide attendees with sessions that enable them to "Do More With Kanban," resulting in better performance and increased productivity and profitability for any organization.
Featured sessions include the following.
"Sisyphus, Windows, Xbox, and Lean" - Eric Brechner, development manager for Microsoft's Windows and Xbox Engineering Systems team, and author of the book, "Agile Project Management with Kanban" will present on how the Microsoft Xbox team has used Kanban, Lean practices and other approaches to improve.
"Your Tiger Teams Have a Blind Spot" - Gabe Abella, Lean Kanban Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and organizational coach in Global Technology at JPMorgan Chase will present on several JP Morgan Chase initiatives that have used Kanban techniques to improve coordination and performance across teams.
"Building Bridges (and Buildings) with Kanban" - William Keen, Chief Innovation Officer at Clark Nexsen will present on how Kanban changed the focus from managing the people to managing the work across a diverse 400+ person architectural and engineering organization at Clark Nexsen.
Developing Organizational Agility with the Kanban Maturity Model - Teodora Bozheva, Lean Kanban Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP), will present on the new KMM and how it is being used to extend the agile management from team level to multiple interdependent projects and services in a large bank in Spain, plus how it has been used to move another organization into systems thinking and better customer focus.
Keynote speakers include Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, former people analytics manager at Google, speaking on "Storytelling with Data: Bringing Data to Life Through Pictures and Story;" David J Anderson, pioneer of the Kanban Method and chairman of Lean Kanban Inc, on "First Who, Then Why: Becoming a Level 6 Leader;" and Dr. Klaus Leopold, leading Lean Kanban Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and globally Kanban consultant with LeanAbility, on "Why Agile Teams Have Nothing to do with Business Agility."
"Lean Kanban North America is a wonderful opportunity to network and interact with the foremost leaders on Kanban practices and enterprise implementations," said Carolyn Nelson, process coach at Change Healthcare (formerly a division of McKesson). "Whether you are a first-time attendee or have been here from the beginning, there are multiple opportunities to get together, discuss challenges and have constant access to world-renowned experts in the field."
Registration is now open for Lean Kanban North America at http://lkna18.leankanban.com/
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About Lean Kanban
Lean Kanban (www.leankanban.com) is a global leader in the Kanban Method. The Kanban Method provides the proven practices and approaches to address the constant challenges inherent in managing knowledge work. It enables IT, financial services, insurance and global organizations to be more collaborative, unified and productive in the face of growing competitive pressures and organizational chaos. Lean Kanban uniquely blends expertise, platforms, communities, conferences, and world-class coaching and training to enable enterprise Kanban development. Twitter: @LeanKanban
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