{"product_id":"kanban-remastered-agile-lessons-from-strategy-games-8-essays-on-comparing-kanban-with-starcraft-paperback","title":"Kanban Remastered: Agile Lessons from Strategy Games: 8 essays on comparing Kanban with StarCraft - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConna Craig\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClemens Lode\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been 20 years since the release of StarCraft, with a \"remastered\" version coming out this summer (2017). Having been an avid player, I only now realize that a surprising amount of what we know as \"Agile project management\" is actually implicitly part of a normal game of StarCraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing an Agile coach, I realized that especially in industries with teams with a gaming background, coaching lessons could benefit if I could show \u003cb\u003ethe relationship between games and Agile methodology\u003c\/b\u003e. Likewise, you can start explaining \u003cb\u003emanagement methodology in a language that your tech-savvy audience understands\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarCraft, the most popular real-time strategy game of all time, is also all about producing and deploying just as many game units at just the right time. \u003cb\u003eThis book is about the relationship of StarCraft and Kanban.\u003c\/b\u003e If your team knows StarCraft but not Kanban, this book will provide you with a series of analogies to allow a better and easier understanding of Agile principles. It is written in a light-hearted tone, similar to how you might chat with a fellow coach about your Agile experiences implementing Kanban, taking for granted that you have experience with StarCraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When you choose to use Kanban as a method to drive change in your organization, you are subscribing to the view that it is better to optimize what already exists, because that is easier and faster and will meet with less resistance than running a managed, engineered, named-change initiative. Introducing a radical change is harder than incrementally improving an existing one.\" ---David J. Anderson, Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo matter the size or structure of your organization, take small steps. Kanban promotes this approach by starting with what you have in place and pointing out the bottlenecks. This is similar to the idea inherent in nature to leave things as they are and move forward gradually without ever making a step back. \u003cb\u003eEvery change you make should improve the situation and larger changes come into place as the sum of a whole number of smaller ones.\u003c\/b\u003e In that regard, if you want to improve your StarCraft play the Kanban way, manual observation, maybe together with a critical friend, might be the best choice. On the other hand, if you want to learn the idea of Kanban with StarCraft as an easy-to-understand reference, you have come to the right place!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn Introduction to StarCraft\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eKanban and StarCraft\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe General\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIdle Hands are the Manager's Workshop\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTo the Frontlines\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eScouting the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTeam Communication\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEvolutionary Improvements\u003c\/li\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45371299070031,"sku":"9783945586662","price":24.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/cTw3FDicvI9783945586662.webp?v=1780134907","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/kanban-remastered-agile-lessons-from-strategy-games-8-essays-on-comparing-kanban-with-starcraft-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}