Jim Benson Speaking at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden, 2010
Jim spoke at Oredev in Malmo, Sweden, in November 2010 on The Psychology of Kanban and Personal Kanban and the Individual Coder. Click on the links below to see the video. Clarity Means Completion: The Psychology of Kanban: Clarity Means Completion: The Psychology of Kanban – Jim Benson Personal Kanban and the Individual Coder: Personal Kanban: Optimizing the Individual Coder – Jim Benson
read moreBuilding Collaborative Teams
Modus Cooperandi builds collaborative teams using lean and agile management techniques and social media to enable communication and effectiveness.
read moreAt Scrum Beyond Software in Phoenix, Sept 23 to 27
Jim will be in Phoenix for Agile Alliance’s Scrum Beyond Software conference where his is planning to discuss his use of agile techniques with the United Nations, the World Bank, and in non-software groups in several...
read moreWorking with the United Nations
Over the last six months, Modus Cooperandi has had the good fortune to participate in three United Nations projects. The UN’s missions lend themselves well not only to collaborative management, but to lean and social media, too. While the UN will be quick to admit they aren’t early adopters of the last two methods, they are nevertheless appreciative of the power of lean and social media, and are ready to begin implementing them in earnest. It’s been exciting and rewarding to watch, and we feel privileged to be a part of this...
read moreiKan – Personal Kanban for the iPhone – Launches
You asked for it, and we listened. Today we are proud to announce the launch of the first Personal Kanban iPhone app, iKan. When we set out to build it, we decided to focus on a few key things: 1. Small Screen Many Tasks - We wanted to make the best use of the screen real estate on the iPhone, so we built the app vertically. 2. KISS - We wanted the initial release to be extremely basic. In future updates we will respond to YOUR needs, and additional features will be based on YOUR input. So please keep us posted as to the direction...
read moreJim Benson on 3 Podcasts Talking Lean and Personal Kanban
Over the last few months, I’ve had the good fortune to be a featured guest on three different podcasts discussing Personal Kanban. In the Yi-Tan calls, we discussed Personal Kanban and Personal Kanban for teams. In the Social Media Breakfast Seattle Podcast, we explored the relationships between Lean thinking and social media. Of course, Personal Kanban comes up there as well. Yi-Tan Call #261 – Personal Kanban With Jerry Michalski’s group, I discuss Personal Kanban, how it started, and how it works. Yi-Tan Call #268 –...
read moreLean Coffee Seattle – Every Wednesday Morning
Modus is pleased to invite everyone interested in lean thinking to Lean Coffee Seattle. These happen every Wednesday at 8:30 to 10:30 am at Uptown Espresso at Westlake and Republican. See you there!
read moreJim Benson to Speak at Social Media Breakfast March 2010
Jim Benson will be speaking at the Social Media Breakfast in Bellevue, Washington, on March 16, 2010. The topic will be: Lean Organizations, Social Media and the CIA.
read moreJim Benson to Speak Feb 2, 2010 at SeaSPIN on Personal Kanban and Software Development
Tonight Jim Benson will be Speaking at SeaSpin. This talk goes through a project his team did in early 2007 that used a hybrid XP / Personal Kanban approach to managing a widely distributed team and what they learned in “the early days.” Here is the write up from the SeaSPIN site. February 2 Meeting Construx Software, 10900 NE 8th St Suite 1350, Bellevue, WA Food & networking from 5:45 to 6:45 (pizza, salad, soda ) Announcements from 6:45 to 6:55 Presentation from 6:55 to 7:55 Doors close at 8:30 Personal Kanban and Kanban...
read moreSupercharge People, Teams and Organizations.
If you’ve optimized your team, but not your people, you’re not really optimized. At Modus Cooperandi, we work with individuals, teams and the organization to make sure that everyone is communicating and working effectively. We use: Personal Kanban - for individuals and teams Agile Practices - for teams Lean Methods - for teams and organizations We focus on coaching at the individual, team and organizational levels to create sustainable and competitive...
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