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Dedicated to My loving Wife Sangita, son Shreyan, brother Sabya and father Ganesh Chandra Malakar.

About the Author Sudipta Malakar is an accomplished SAP Agile Practice Area Head, Certified IT Sr. Program Manager, Agile Coach – Advanced level, Harvard Business School, USA alumnus with more than eighteen years of experience in directing SAP DEV teams in supporting many major Global fortune 500 clients in multiple large accounts. He is Certified Sr. Program Manager (MSP Practitioner), Sr. Project Manager (PRINCE2 Practitioner), PMP®, PARP®, CSP®, ICP-ACC®, ITIL(F), Certified Agile Leader(CDL), CLMM, CMM, Advanced Certified Scrum Master(A-CSM) ®, CSPO®, CSM®, KMP2, KMP1, TKP®, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, CMMi (Expert). He worked in various IT companies like DXC Technology, IBM, Wipro, Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Patni, Syntel and played very crucial Sr. Management / Agile Coach role in various global clients like Sterlite, Lufthansa, Nestle, PMI, Suncor, IPA, Canadian Pacific railways, Sony, Volvo, Allstate, BOC Linde etc.

About the Reviewer Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan is an Agile practitioner, experienced in creating, leading, and managing the Agile team in a distributed setup. He is active in the Agile community building in Chennai. For the past 8 years his primary focus is on Agile and its Scaling with Continuous Integration and Improvement with Lean, Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework. He is also an Atlassian User Group Team member for Chennai. In the past worked in Test Management/Quality Management/Project/Program Management, Based out of Chennai, He is very Agile to work with International and National Clients in India at Chennai, Bangalore as a Consultant, Coach, and Renowned Agile, Soft skills, and communication skills Trainer. Trained and aspired 5000+ people till date.

Acknowledgement No task is a single man's effort. Cooperation and coordination of various people at different levels have gone into the successful implementation of this book. Everyone feels a sense of gratitude at some point in their life and wish to express it to the ones who offered them help and guidance when it was needed the most. This gratitude is even deeper when those special people help one to meet their life- long goals despite the difficulties of life. I am no different and I would like to begin by thanking the almighty who is constantly and subtly guiding everybody and who has also helped me to work on the right path. I am the son of a retired professor Ganesh Chandra and I am forever indebted to my father. Without his support it would not be possible for me to reach this milestone. My loving mother Sikha was a constant source of inspiration to me. I’m also very grateful to my adorable, loving son Shreyan my elder brother Sabyasachi and my wife Sangita who constantly offer me their love and support, which guides me in all my endeavors.

I am thankful to my parents, spouse, son, family and my Sirs Todd Chairman of Kanban University, USA, Mr. Julian Dean and Professor of London Business School, Mr. Clayton M. Professor of Harvard Business School -USA and Father of Global Innovations, disruption, and growth strategy, Mr. David J Anderson - Creator of Kanban Method and CEO, David J Anderson School of Management, J.J. Sutherland - CEO of Scrum, Inc., Dave Litten – CEO of Projex Academy, Mike Cohn - CST, Nanda Lankalapalli - CST, Peter Stevens - CST, Abid Quereshi - CST, Brian Tracy - CEO of Brian Tracy International) for their guidance which motivated me to work for the betterment of consultants by writing this book with sincerity and honesty. Without their support, this book would not have been materialised. We also thank the Publisher and the whole staff at BPB Publications, especially Mr. Manish Jain for motivation and for bringing this text to life. Finally, I thank everyone who has directly or indirectly contributed to complete this authentic work.

Preface This book is for businesses that aspire to superior business agility, to deliver fit-for-purpose products and services, to delight customers, and to provide the security of long-term survival associated with mature businesses that consistently meet or exceed customer expectations. Learn an lean approach by seeing how Kanban made a difference in four real-world situations. You'll explore how different teams used Kanban to make paradigm-changing improvements in software development. These teams were struggling with overwork, unclear priorities, and lack of direction. As you discover what worked for them, you'll understand how to make significant changes in real situations, what are the key strategies to beat the Covid-19 pandemic and for crisis management. You will also gain insight into how key enablers help us build organizational resilience and enterprise maturity model along with Portfolio/Upstream Kanban implementations lessons learnt. Change is difficult. Even the US government is going agile. Are you aware that "The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text"? This Artefact has been developed as a resource to understand, evaluate, and use agile and hybrid agile approaches. This practice guide provides guidance on when, where, and how to apply agile approaches and provides practical tools for

practitioners and organizations wanting to increase agility. It will also help you in PMI-ACP and SAFe Exam preparation. If you are a student, parent, graduate hire, tech developer, IT consultant, Agile coach, Scrum master, product owner, leader, manager, corporate change agents, CXOs, Sr. Manager, part of product management team or IT operator / OPS, then this book is perfect for you in order to increase profitability, effective ways to handle different types of agile contracts, exceed productivity goals, and elevate work culture through Agile KANBAN, XP, FDD, DSDM, Scrumban and Scrum methodology. This book is a single source, comprehensive action guide for businesses and IT leaders and explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban. Factoring in constant change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and measurable goals, political realities, and infrastructure needs, it covers all the key ingredients required for success. Using real-world examples, this practical guide illustrates how to implement Agile, Scrum, and Kanban in software and non-software project management and development across the entire IT and NON-IT departments. To make things easier for busy students, parents, IT leaders and executives, this book is an indispensable artefact. This book promises to be a very good starting point for both,

beginners and experienced folk, and an asset for those having insight towards agility. It also articulates how Agile is mapped to traditional practices along with critical success factors of adopting business agility. Solving a client's issue may require many complex work streams, so we set up a sprint. It's a way of getting people to be collaborative, take accountability and feel empowered. -- Tamara Ingram Chief Executive Officer, J. Walter Thompson Company It is said, "To err is human, to forgive divine.” Although the book is written with sincerity and honesty but in this light, I wish that the shortcomings of the book will be forgiven. At the same time, the author is open to any kind of constructive criticisms and suggestions for further improvement. All intelligent suggestions are welcome and the author will try their best to incorporate such valuable suggestions in the subsequent editions of this book.

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Table of Contents Introduction 1. Tricky Real-world Agile Scrum and Kanban Case Studies, Demos, and Tools Introduction Structure Objectives 1.1 Implementing Agile for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) 1.1.1 Agile best practices for LEA customers 1.2 Agile methods adoption on software development – A pilot review 1.3 Agile metrics 1.4 Applying Agile principles to our software insurance implementation project 1.4.1 Applying Agile principles to our insurance software implementation project 1.4.1.1 Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software 1.4.1.2 Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage 1.4.1.3 Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale

1.4.1.4 Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project 1.4.1.5 Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done 1.4.1.6 Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely 1.4.1.7 Working software is the primary measure of progress 1.4.1.8 The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation 1.4.1.9 Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility 1.4.1.10 Simplicity — The art of minimizing the amount of work not done is essential 1.4.1.11 The best architecture, requirements, and design emerge from self–organizing teams 1.4.1.2 At regular intervals, the team reflects how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly 1.4.2 Conclusion 1.5 From non-IT standpoints, applying Agile principles in industries across technologies 1.5.1 Generalizing Agile principles 1.5.2 Summary 1.6 Human resource management and Agility 1.7 Demo in Jira tool

1.7.1 How to create an issue in Jira? 1.7.2 How to create a sprint in Jira? 1.7.3 How to create issue types in Jira? 1.7.4 How to generate reports in Jira? 1.8 Kanban replenishment process with process orders and MRP 1.9 Kanban – In-house production 1.9.1 Introduction to the Kanban concept Kanban concept 1.9.2 Kanban card Kanban card 1.9.3 Push principle/Pull principle comparison Kanban – Pull/Push principle 1.9.4 Advantages of Kanban 1.9.5 Kanban in SAP 1.9.6 Master data for Kanban 1.9.7 Kanban – With in-house production 1.9.8 Master data 1.9.9 Production supply area setup (PK05) 1.9.10 Kanban – Control cycle creation 1.9.11 Kanban board – Display (PK13n) 1.9.12 Kanban status changes 1.9.13 Kanban – Status EMPTY to FULL 1.9.14 Kanban – Status FULL to EMPTY 1.9.14.1 Transaction list 1.9.15 Configuration 1.9.16 Note to the reader 1.10 Distributed Agile Kanban implementation in a large

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