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Show 37 is an interview with Kenji Hiranabe discussing using kanban in software development.\xa0 \xa0According to WIKIPEDIA,\xa0\u201cKanban is a signaling system to trigger action which in Toyota Production System leverages physical cards as the signal\u201d. \xa0In other words the signal is used to indicate when new tasks should start, and by inference, the status of current work. \xa0Kenji does a great job at explaining how the kanban can be used in system development.\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKenji Hiranabe, CEO of Change Vision, Inc (http://www.change-vision.com/index_en.html).\xa0 Change Vision develops tools to help deliver effective projects.\xa0 He is a Japanese software development consultant and book translator of Extreme Programming Installed, Lean Software Development, Agile Project Management, and other Agile books.\xa0He's also an author of JUDE, a UML and MindMap editor software and TRICHORD, a kanban based agile project management tool.\xa0 He specializes in agile development, object-oriented software construction and project facilitation.\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can read his blog at \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck out SPaMCAST\u2019s New Facebook page!!!!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe essay is titled \u201cMaking Tangible The Intangible\u201d.\xa0 The essay for this cast reflects concepts espoused by Phil Armour in SPaMCAST 36 and Kenji Hiranabe in SPaMCAST 37 (the current cast for those of you reading this on my blog).\xa0 The confluence of concepts that so moved me combines Kenji\u2019s comments on the intangibility of both software and the processes and Phil\u2019s on software as a container for knowledge.\xa0 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are a number of ways to share your thoughts: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Email SPaMCAST at\xa0\n Voice messages can be left at 1-206-888-6111\n Twitter \u2013 \n BLOG \u2013 \n !!!! Software Process and Measurement \xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFuture Events and the next . . .\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI will be speaking at IFPUG\u2019s 3rd Annual ISMA Conference and Fall Workshops Sunday, September 14 \u2013 Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel information at .\xa0 The presentation is call \u201cCounting Facebook\u201d and will be on Friday September 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM - 11:25 AM.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI am speaking at Quest Toronto 2008 Conference, September 22- 26, 2008, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto, Canada.\xa0 I will be presenting \u201cGood Numbers Go Bad\u201d on Wed Sept 24th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and also joining in as a subject matter expert in the end of day solutions workshop.\xa0 Information can be found at \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFinally I will be speaking at the Northeast Quality Council 57th Conference.\xa0 The conference is scheduled for October 14 \u2013 15 , 2008 in Marlborough, Massachusetts at Best Western Royal Plaza.\xa0\xa0 The presentation is titled \u201cOne Size Fits . . .Someone Other Than Me\u201d.\xa0 Information can be found at . \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNext Software Process and Measurement Cast: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the next SPaMCAST we will feature an interview with Ed Yourdon discussing social media in the development process.\xa0 Talking to Ed was jam packed with information on using social media to foster collaboration.\xa0 If you don't know about how to use social media, its time to find out!