Kanban Project Scheduling

Dynamic Scheduling for Today’s Agile ProjectsAlan Hill

About Alan Hill Developed numerous business models and operational tools:

Kanban Scheduling Model Talent Management Business Model Veteran Network Services Operating Model Organizational Resistance Model Health Care Business Model Company Cultures Assessment Latent Value Management Model System Scalability Model

Provided mobile architecture strategy for an innovative HR application Re-engineered support processes as part of IT re-alignment Architected functional model for weekly job fair - increased attendance

1,200% Created system architecture for intranet procedures website (Opsweb) Created “One Sheet” Dashboard of key Dot Com metrics for CEO Created transition strategy for Data Center support of Dot Com systems 24/7

The Waterfall Fallacy – Precision Planning

What’s Wrong With This Picture?Not flexible – can’t change task priority or

scheduleCan’t iterate – no cyclical development (no

agile)Not scalable – hard to add or remove tasks &

peopleIntolerant of change – new scope = new

projectWhat else do you struggle with?

Soooo….. Why use broken tools and broken methods?

New Tools For New Thinking

Dick MorleyRichard Morley is known as the "father" of the programmable logic controller since he was involved with the production of the first PLC for General Motors, the Modicon, at Bedford and Associates in 1968. Wikipedia

“Factories are havens of erratic behavior, places where everything is going wrong all the time. Abandon the illusion that you can predict these technological headaches, or that you can avert them with forward planning.”

FAST COMPANYThe Man From CHAOSBy William Green, October 31, 1995

"You don't have a prayer in hell of ever understanding factories. You really don't have control. By striving to get control, you only make it worse."

CHAOS Paint Booths

Morley's system changed the game: it enabled the paint booths to "bid" for the right to paint certain trucks. If a particular booth had been painting black trucks all day, it would bid to paint any subsequent trucks that were to be painted black. "The booth is empowered to decide what it does."

"It ran beautifully, it saved $1 million a year in paint alone."

Kanban Project Management

http://www.agileproductdesign.com/blog/2009/kanban_over_simplified.html

Still not ‘pull’ based: Throughput limited by # of open slots

Kanban ‘pull’ workflow with room for expansion

Workers ‘bid’ on tasks from various projects – not ‘held captive’ to one project

Verifies task meets requirements, as usual

Expanded to include offshore and freelance help

Workers can bid on any task: Experience factor affects their total bid value

Tasks have ‘Reward Points’ exchangeable for rewards in the Reward Bank

QA assures task meets requirements before reward is assigned

Your Turn - DiscussionFeature enhancements for the way you really

work?Manual vs. automated?How to ‘socialize’ acceptance in your

company?