kanban: an introduction
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A brief introduction to Kanban, presented at the Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup on Feb 17, 2014 http://www.meetup.com/philly-burbs-wordpress-meetup/events/160490732/TRANSCRIPT
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What is Kanban?
Wikipedia: “Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work with an emphasis on just-in-time delivery while not overloading the team members. In this approach, the process, from definition of a task to its delivery to the customer, is displayed for participants to see and team members pull work from a queue.”
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Why use Kanban?
❖ It helps you:
❖ keep focus on priorities
❖ for example, prioritize interruptions appropriately
❖ identify and eliminate bottlenecks in your workflow
❖ prevent your team from being overwhelmed
❖ And it doesn’t disrupt your team structure
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The Imperial Palace Gardens
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Kanban is about achieving flow
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And minimizing waste
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Step 1 - initial card wall with workflow
From “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business"
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Step 2 - put tasks on cards
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Step 3 - Work-in-progress limits
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Optional: capacity allocation
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Optional: add buffers/queues
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Optional: add swim lanes
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Handling emergencies
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Sizing work for Kanban
From http://flow.io/finding-the-right-task-size-in-kanban.html
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When tasks are the right size…
❖ WIP limits work
❖ You have visibility into your work
❖ You have fewer bottlenecks
❖ The time to complete tasks does not vary wildly
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Kanban standups
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Further Reading
❖ Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
❖ Theory of Constraints
❖ A real-life overview of Agile workflow practices (Agile is different from Lean, but can be complementary)