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1. regularfryFeb 2019
   For me it was a sequence of books that did it. The Phoenix Project first, then David Anderson's Kanban book. Some tine after that was The Goal and Deming's Out Of The Crisis, and a book of Taichi Ohno musings.

   You're right, what has been seen cannot be unseen.

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2. somethingtesterSep 2018
   I personally liked “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business”, by David J. Anderson.
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3. diegojromeroMar 2017
   Besides what others have commented, I'd like to point some more metrics that help you model your board:

   - Task classes.

   - Lead time.

   - Cycle time.

   - Number of backward movements for any list.

   - Cumulative card evolution.

   There are some good books about this subject:

   - David J. Anderson's Kanban (https://www.amazon.com/Kanban-Successful-Evolutionary-Techno...)

   - Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction (https://www.amazon.com/Actionable-Agile-Metrics-Predictabili...)

   Shameless plug: checkout my personal project DjangoTrelloStats that measures these metrics for you: https://github.com/diegojromerolopez/django-trello-stats (include a somewhat Trello synchronization tool).

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4. adrianhowardSep 2013
   My usual list of book recommendations is as follows:

   For general practical guides I'd look at one or both of:

   * "Practices of an Agile Developer" http://amzn.to/9B7hJg, which talks about various practices in a fairly methodology independent way. The reason I really like it is that it has some excellent pointers for checking when adoption is/isn't working.

   * "The Art of Agile Development" is another nice book http://amzn.to/bksP7T in a similar vein. This is more process-prescriptive though (they're talking about a varient of Extreme Programming)

   I'd also also take the time to read the seminal books on the two most important (in my opinion) agile methods:

   * Agile Software Development with Scrum http://amzn.to/bOkPZ1 - the book that formalized Scrum

   * Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change - the book that formalized XP. Read both the first http://amzn.to/cdLAtx and second http://amzn.to/bqMhEa editions if you get a chance. They're interestingly different.

   I'd also add the various books on Lean by Mary & Tom Poppendieck http://amzn.to/9wsASi and also 'Kanban' by David J Anderson to the list http://amzn.to/en6PQ2 as well.

   You might also find these of interest:

   * The Scrum Guide - http://www.scrum.org/Scrum-Guides

   * The Agile Atlas - http://agileatlas.org/

   * The Agile Alliance's Guide to Agile Practices - http://guide.agilealliance.org/

   lots of useful info there ;-)

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5. synuMay 2022
   The Kanban book by David Anderson was all about this, but it never caught on like Scrum did. If I’m feeling cynical I think its because there were no certifications to charge for and no strange new roles for middle managers.
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6. lucisferreApr 2020
   Lean kanban was never meant for project management, it is a process management and demand leveling technique.

   Agile card boards like this bear little resemblance to Kanban, but the name caught on with the original Kanban software book. It is still a decent book though, and does in fact cover many of the principles of lean kanban. That said, I've rarely met a team using a kanban board that is familiar with the book or the principles of kanban.

   https://www.amazon.ca/Kanban-Successful-Evolutionary-Technol...

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