kanban exploration

The KanbanExploration

• 15 years of experience covering development, project management, team leadership, coaching and training.

• Successfully applying Agile methods for the last 10 years.

• Championed Agile and Lean Thinking with the BBC, Yahoo! and EMC Consulting.

• Founding member of the Lean Software and Systems Consortium and the Limited WIP Society.

Karl Scotlandagile coach

Twitter: @kjscotland

Systems

Purpose

ElementsInter-Connections

Thinking

System

Performance

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An

alysis

Purpose

Measures

Method

Systems ThinkingWorkflow

Visualisation

Work In Process

Cadence

Learning

Flow

Valu

e

Capa

bilit

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10

Ball Flow Game

RULES:

You are one big team

Your goal: Process 20 balls by passing them through a pipeline, following a set of rules.

Balls must have air time

Everyone must touch each ball

No balls direct to your neighbor

Start point = End point

PLAYBOOK:

1. Prepare (2 mins)

2. Estimate time

3. Process

4. Change system & re- estimate

5. Repeat 5 times

6. Debrief

Visualisation

Work

YOURTURNVisualise• the way the work works• value demand• failure demand• expedited work• work state

Flow

…

Stage 1 DoneStage 2 Stage n…Work Items

QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process

…

Stage 1 DoneStage 2 Stage n…Work Items

QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process

…

Stage 1 DoneStage 2 Stage n…Work Items

QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process QueueIn

Process

YOURTURNVisualise:• capacity for work • who is working on what• priorities for work• availability for work• unavailability for work

Learning

Flow Zo

ne

High

High

LowAbility

Ski

lls

Anxiety

Boredom

Mihalyi Czikszentmihalyi,Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

YOURTURNVisualise:• blocked work• bottlenecks• work dependencies• people dependencies• 3rd party dependencies

Capability

YOURTURNVisualise:• time since work was started• time to work completion• risk of work• quality of work• fidelity of work

Conclusions

Systems ThinkingWorkflow

Visualisation

Work In Process

Cadence

Learning

Flow

Valu

e

Capa

bilit

y

Thank you!

Email: kscotland@rallydev.comTwitter: @kjscotland

Blog: http://availagility.co.ukLWS: http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/