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(Agile Sydney version) Stop Starting and Start Finishing: An Introduction to Kanban

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Stop Starting and Start Finishing:An introduction to Kanban
j.c.yip@computer.org, jcyip@thoughtworks.com
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Problem: overburdening

Problem: Effective Change

Dramatic change is risky

Setup conditions for improvement
Visualise our workflow
Limit our work-in-progress
Measure our performance
Improve

Visualise our workflow

Show what is happening, not what should be happening

Limit our work-in-Progress

Measure our performance

Performance is not just about time
Productivity: cycle time, ROI
Quality: UAT defects, released defects, user satisfaction
Cost: burn rate, cost per work item, overall project cost
Morale: engagement, employee satisfaction

improve

Standard Agile improvement tricks
Daily stand-ups
Retrospectives

New improvement tricks
Stop-the-line: free up the WIP limit
Quality circle: form a team to figure something out
Operations review: regular meeting to analyse past performance, outliers, etc.

Change != Improvement

Encourage self-forming improvement teams over scheduled improvement events

Learning more

Core Properties of Kanban
Visualise Workflow
Limit Work-In-Progress
Measure and Manage Flow
Make Process Policies Explicit
Use Models to Recognize Improvement Opportunities

Emergent Properties of Kanban
Prioritise Work by Cost of Delay
Optimise Value with Classes of Service
Spread Risk with Capacity Allocation
Encourage Process Innovation
Manage Quantitatively

Where to learn more
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/
Books:
Kanban by David J. Anderson
Scrumban by Corey Ladas
http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/
http://www.meetup.com/The-Sydney-Limited-WIP-Society/

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