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20150708 Kanban Meetup An Unexpected Journey: Improving a Scrum Implementation With Kanban
The document discusses the journey of implementing Scrum and integrating Kanban methodologies to improve software development processes within Ariel Partners. It highlights challenges faced during traditional Scrum practices, such as multitasking and documentation delays, and suggests that Kanban offers better analytical tools for managing work items. The evolution of Agile practices is illustrated, recommending a flexible approach that adapts best-fit methodologies according to team needs and project requirements.
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20150708 Kanban Meetup An Unexpected Journey: Improving a Scrum Implementation With Kanban
- 1. Craeg Strong CTO, ArielPartners July 8, 2015 New York, NY An Unexpected Journey: Improving A Scrum Implementa9on With Kanban © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 1
- 2. Software Development since1988 Large Commercial & Government Projects Agile Coach / Kanban Trainer Performance & Scalability Architect Apache Ant Open-Source Contributor New York & Washington DC Area CTO, Ariel Partners AKT, CSM, CSP, CSD, CSPO, PSM, PMI-‐ACP, PMP, SAFe Agilist www.arielpartners.com cstrong@arielpartners.com @ckstrong1 Craeg Strong © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394
- 3. Criminal JusPce Project © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394
- 4. “Permission Giving” Events Why Agile/Scrum? BASE YEAR 8/29/2012 – 8/28/2013 2013 2014 20152012 OPTION YEAR 1 8/29/2013 – 8/28/2014 . . . Recent Successes Federal AcquisiPon RegulaPons Contract Type Firm Fixed Price High Risk Process Flexibility
- 5. Change Control Board MeePng From TradiPonal Waterfall… M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 M11 M12 Year One M1 M2 M3 M4 Year Two M1 M2 M3 M4 Require-‐ ments Design Code And Unit Test (CUT) System Test GAT UAT PRR PDR CDR TRR TRR OAR
- 6. To…… Scrum! Release Month2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6Month 1 Sprint 1 Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Release Backlog Sprint 2 Sprint 3 Sprint 4 Sprint 5 Sprint 6 Sprint Backlog Sprint Backlog Sprint Backlog Sprint Backlog Sprint Backlog Sprint Planning System TesPng Government Acceptance TesPng Release Planning RetrospecPve CCB Change Control Board MeePng
- 7. Capturing The Work User Stories Change Requests Better Usability, Improved DNA Matching Algorthms Problem Reports Defects We Inherited, Latent Defects Infrastructure Test Automation Frameworks, Custom Scrum Templates, Test Data Generation Documentation Design Documents, On-Line Help, CBT Over head Bugs New feature fails a test Administrative Tasks Onboard new staff member, Re-cable blade server, reconfigure SharePoint Our Initial Set Of Work Item Types
- 8. First Step: Per-‐Person Task Boards
- 9. Problem: Too Much MulPtasking © Copyright Ariel Partners 2014 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 9
- 10. Problem: DocumentaPon Delivered Late 141 49% 76 26% 23 8% 11 4% 37 13% Delivered On Time Delivered < 10 Days Late Delivered 10-‐20 Days Late Delivered 21-‐29 Days Late Delivered ≥ 30 Days Late 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Jan Feb Mar Apr 3 or more 2nd Rework Rework Accepted © Copyright Ariel Partners 2014 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 10
- 11. Problem: Not Finishing User Stories 0 5 10 15 20 25 Sprint 5: User Story Comple9on Curve Testers WaiPng For Code Limited Time For TesPng
- 12. Step Two: Scrum By User Story
- 13. Better coordination, fewerunfinished User Stories But, in the end, all the same problems…. ….plus another problem Results? Really. Long. Scrums.
- 14. New Items Added During Sprint Release Month 2Month 1 Sprint 1 Product Backlog Sprint Backlog Release Backlog Sprint 2 Sprint Backlog Change Control Board MeePng Influx of Expedited Items Expectation q Too Many Work Items q Recurring Need For Estimates q Constant Interruptions Reality
- 15. Bursty DocumentaPon Requirements Sprint TesPng DocumentaPon End-‐User Procurement Guidance Release Design & Technical DocumentaPon Sprint Sprint Sprint Sprint Sprint TesPng DocumentaPon TesPng DocumentaPon TesPng DocumentaPon TesPng DocumentaPon Design & Technical DocumentaPon Design & Technical DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Training DocumentaPon Design & Technical DocumentaPon Design & Technical DocumentaPon Design & Technical DocumentaPon
- 16. ? (Dark Matter) Why Were We Always So Busy? Work Item Type Class Of Service Business User Story Standard Infrastructure User Story Standard Tier III EscalaPon Expedited ProducPon Script Fixed Date Hot Fix Expedited Escaped Defect Expedited DocumentaPon Deliverable Fixed Date DocumentaPon Rework Expedited Technical Chore Intangible Kanban gives us the analytical tools to understand these work items better and to see why they have been disrupting the smooth delivery of value © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394
- 17. Our First Physical Board
- 18. Proto-‐Kanban Board 18 Business Infrastructure
- 19. Next Step: Work Item Types, Progress Bar Business Infrastructure DocumentaPon Escaped Defect Hot Fix EsPmate Blocked
- 20. Second Step: Modeling The Workflow
- 21. Recapping Our Journey © Copyright Ariel Partners 2014 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 21 q Started With Scrum q Ran Into Challenges q Gradually Adopting Kanban Ideas q Utilizing STATIK q Not Using the “K” Word q Process Will Continue To Evolve
- 22. Choosing A Methodology © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% *According to VersionOne
- 23. When Not To Use Scrum © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 Scrum Kanban Awareness & Precedent Awareness, Acceptance, or OrganizaPonal Precedent No Experience With Agile, or Previous NegaPve Experience Nature of the Work Best for Development or “Disciplined O&M” O&M or Development plus O&M Stakeholder Availability Time-‐Boxed IteraPons provide Convenient Planning Horizon for Stakeholders Stakeholders cannot commit to fixed Pme-‐frames, or can engage more frequently External Dependencies Effort fairly self-‐contained, Cross-‐FuncPonal team Lots of dependencies on external teams Openness to Change Need or Want Clean Break from past: RevoluPon EvoluPonary approach is necessary Team Preferences & Maturity Ceremonies, Time-‐Box Desirable Escape “Tyranny of the Time-‐ Box,” Lengthy Planning MeePngs
- 24. What If You Are Kind Of In The Middle? © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 Scrum Kanban Awareness & Precedent Awareness, Acceptance, or OrganizaPonal Precedent No Experience With Agile, or Previous NegaPve Experience Nature of the Work Best for Development or “Disciplined O&M” O&M or Development plus O&M Stakeholder Availability Time-‐Boxed IteraPons provide Convenient Planning Horizon for Stakeholders Stakeholders cannot commit to fixed Pme-‐frames, or can engage more frequently External Dependencies Effort fairly self-‐contained, Cross-‐FuncPonal team Lots of dependencies on external teams Openness to Change Need or Want Clean Break from past: RevoluPon EvoluPonary approach is necessary Team Preferences & Maturity Ceremonies, Time-‐Box Desirable Escape “Tyranny of the Time-‐ Box,” Lengthy Planning MeePngs
- 25. Consider Scrumban © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 Adopting Scrum To facilitate adopPon of Scrum, starPng from wherever you are right now Demand Analysis, Workflow Analysis Amplifying Scrum Help idenPfy, implement, and measure improvements for an exisPng Scrum team WIP limits, Lead Time Metrics Scaling Scrum To facilitate inter-‐team planning and communicaPon Visualize and manage dependencies via Kanban boards, PorColio Kanban Using the Kanban Method for…
- 26. Summary: Choosing A Methodology © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 Pick Best-Fit For Situation q Learn Both Kanban and Scrum q Full-Time Coach q Up-Front Training “Agile Bootcamp” q Learning Kanban Makes You Better At Scrum
- 27. QuesPons? © Copyright Ariel Partners 2015 *sales@arielpartners.com ((646) 467-‐7394 We are available for consulPng or Agile coaching We love to compare notes and talk shop! Ariel Partners (646) 467-‐7394 sales@arielpartners.com www.arielpartners.com @arielpartners Thank You!