Annette Vendelbo has +30 years’ experience with IT project management from companies like Digital, HP, and Avanade. She founded her own company, Agil Agenda in 2008.

For 14 years, agile methods/frameworks have been her focus. Her heart beats particularly for Kanban, and she is both an AKT and AKC.

Annette helps organizations plan and execute agile transformations respecting their specific culture, context, etc. She helps them plan for agile success.

When she is not working with clients, she is writing articles and books, or giving public speeches. Always about agile systems and how to make them work in real life.

Kanban in Stealth Mode

As an agile specialist with a long-lasting affection for Kanban, it’s almost impossible to work in SAFe (and Scrum) environments without sneaking in some Kanban practices, as you know, that this will lead to improvements

But even if you know that introducing Kanban practices will improve things, is it acceptable when your client has chosen a different path?

I will discuss some dilemmas I have faced, and how I overcame them. I will share some of the agile biases I often meet. E.g., the very biases that sometimes makes it necessary to work with Kanban in stealth mode.