Todd Little is Chairman at Kanban University, the leading provider of professional Kanban management training. He is also a Founder at Accelinnova, a leadership and agility consulting group. Previously he has held executive roles as Vice President of Product Development for IHS, and Director of Software and Technology for Landmark Graphics a division of Halliburton.He has been developing or leading the development of software for over 35 years. For the past 10+ years, Todd has been a frequent presenter at Agile and Software conferences around the globe. He is a founding member and past President of the Agile Leadership Network. He has served on the Board of Directors of both the Agile Alliance and the Agile Leadership Network, and was a co-founder and Conference chair for several of the Agile20XX conferences. Todd is a co-author of the book “Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility,” Addison Wesley

The 8Ds of Delay

The Kanban Method is focused on improving flow by reducing delays. Where are all the delays that are impacting your projects or service delivery? Join Todd as he shares a personal story of repairing his fence during COVID times and some of the delays that he encountered. These 8Ds of delay are items that can occur on any service delivery and are areas to target to improve overall flow.

• Dawdle
• Defect
• Discovery
• Distractions
• Dependency
• Decisions
• Departures
• Derailed