Currently 2 out of 5 books of the series are available with the Essentials subscription: Discovering Kanban and Upstream Kanban.
Learn Kanban for intangible goods industries
The Kanban Method is applicable on top of any other current process in any industry:
not only IT, but also finance, marketing, law, and others.
Establish efficient workflow
Deliver on time
Reduce stress
Minimize turnover of your personnel
"Better With Kanban" is a series of 5 books about Kanban, based on the well known "Blue Book" - Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business.
The series starts with explaining the why and the what of the Kanban Method in book one - Discovering Kanban: Evolutionary Path to Enterprise Agility.
Next books will explain how to implement, upstream, coach and scale it successfully. Stay tuned for the updates!
At the moment "Discovering Kanban" and "Upstream Kanban" are available with BWK+ subscription.
Discovering Kanban tells the origin story of Kanban - how concepts from physical industries were adapted and adopted for modern intellectual work.
It illustrates early success stories from Microsoft, as well as Corbis and Posit Science - two other modern technology businesses.
The concepts introduced there provide a foundation for the whole series and the complete Method.
Discovering Kanban answers the following questions:
What is the Kanban Method?
What is its origin?
Why would I want to use it?
How has it been used in the real world?
Upstream Kanban provides the insights you need to improve your workflow from the idea generation to the commitment point. The book will help you to refine your approach to managing upstream work!
Read multiple stories and examples of what people do in and with their upstream systems, which practices they use, and how those practices can bring positive change—and very often immediate benefits: successful communication with clients, building reliable expectations, and delivering what their clients need.
The practices introduced in the Upstream Kanban will help you design the discovery process and run the work smoothly and efficiently to deliver fit-for-purpose, high-quality product.
Upstream Kanban will help you to figure out:
How to visualize the product discovery work
When to start the work, to deliver on time
How to plan the work by effective use of triage, deferred commitment and real options
What to measure to ensure smooth and high-quality delivery
BWK+ Case Studies
Microsoft
(XIT Sustaining Engineering)
Corbis(the photography archive)
Posit Science
Customers' reviews
Eduardo Bobsin Machado
Accredited Kanban Trainer and Coach
The Upstream Kanban book offers invaluable guidance on how to establish a more mature discovery process for organizations. Improving your comprehension (and your process) of what happens before a delivery phase is mandatory if you want to achieve better results. The adoption of upstream approaches and techniques described in this book drives effectiveness improvement even further not only downstream but also at enterprise agility level. A must read for managers and leaders, especially those in charge of products and discovery.
Kaveh Kalantar Hormozi
Accredited Kanban Trainer
Among product leaders, portfolio managers, and senior managers, awareness of using the Kanban method for hedging risks and making sound investment decisions is moderate. The Upstream Kanban showcases the method’s untapped potential by offering practical strategies to enhance investment decision-making and streamline concept-to-cash processes. The book details when to apply the cost of delay, how to leverage real options and decision filters, and provides actionable guidance for smarter investments. Serving as a crucial step on the Kanban journey for those who face the uncertainty of risk-taking, it equips leaders with the techniques needed to elevate their performance and open the door to a richer world of the Kanban method.
