Series
From Kanban to Scrum: The Transition
Four posts on a real team's move from Kanban to Scrum — recognising the need, aligning goals and metrics, coaching engineers to lead the process, and adapting the ceremonies to how the team actually worked.
4 posts in total
Posts in this series, in order
From Kanban to Scrum – Recognizing the Need for Change
Recognize when your process isn't serving your goals—moving from reactive Kanban to structured Scrum through honest retrospective insights
From Kanban to Scrum – Part 2: Aligning Goals, Metrics, and Shared Understanding
Build shared understanding before changing process—co-creating team goals, success metrics, and Definition of Ready/Done through collaborative workshops
From Kanban to Scrum – Part 3: Coaching Engineers to Lead the Process
Develop distributed leadership by coaching engineers to facilitate Scrum ceremonies—with practical playbooks and gradual ownership rotation
From Kanban to Scrum – Part 4: Our Plays, Our Way
Design custom Scrum ceremonies that fit your team—from remote-first daily syncs to collaborative planning, refinement, and Lean Inception practices