Remo Biagio shares his experiences of transforming the BI Development Team at Callcredit from using a DSDM iteration-based approach towards Kanban. This presentation includes the learnings taken and the benefits gained such as stakeholder engagement, speed and quality.
Presented at ThreeBridge Solutions at Minneapolis SAFe Meetup on Aug 2nd, 2018. This talk walked through the challenges of a large scale, green-field, application development and how we solutioned efficient communication across the program in order to maximize software engineering efficient delivery of value.
Overview of the elements of Lean Project Management, as well as an examination of the eight principles as outlined by Lawrence P. Leach in his book "Lean Project Management: Eight Principles for Success."
Presented to Bangor Area Project Managers Network on June 7, 2017
Breakdowns and Breakthroughs: Handoffs Between Sales and MarketingBrad Power
Hear about Iron Mountain's process journey in the uncharted waters of sales and marketing, including:
Insight into typical sales and marketing processes that are commonly in need of improvement
The challenge of applying process concepts into functions that traditionally resist formal process design
Ways in which the organization was able to make process improvements stick
Presented at ThreeBridge Solutions at Minneapolis SAFe Meetup on Aug 2nd, 2018. This talk walked through the challenges of a large scale, green-field, application development and how we solutioned efficient communication across the program in order to maximize software engineering efficient delivery of value.
Overview of the elements of Lean Project Management, as well as an examination of the eight principles as outlined by Lawrence P. Leach in his book "Lean Project Management: Eight Principles for Success."
Presented to Bangor Area Project Managers Network on June 7, 2017
Breakdowns and Breakthroughs: Handoffs Between Sales and MarketingBrad Power
Hear about Iron Mountain's process journey in the uncharted waters of sales and marketing, including:
Insight into typical sales and marketing processes that are commonly in need of improvement
The challenge of applying process concepts into functions that traditionally resist formal process design
Ways in which the organization was able to make process improvements stick
Andy singleton continuous delivery-fcb - nov 2014Brad Power
Software is an important tool for improving the speed, reliability, and quality of existing processes in every corner of a modern enterprise. Now revolutionary software development practices adopted by online leaders like Amazon, Facebook, and Google have achieved new levels of speed and flexibility. New software is broken into smaller pieces: big 'waterfall' releases are replaced by smaller 'agile sprints', and then into a continuous flow of smaller components - each optimized with specific points of measurement and feedback.
Commissioning for Profit, Performance and Windsurfing Bomex 2016 Murray Guy
The Lean Commissioning approach that we have implemented on a number of projects gets the team to the finish line early with less stress and better performance. WHY not I would rather be windurfing that dealing with half dead zomie contrrols long after the rest of the team have exited the project. #BOMEX2016
Scrum is Disruptive in Your OrganisationShane Wheller
The Scrum framework is often touted as a panacea for all our project ills, in reality, it is a framework within which many of the same issues are experienced, as well as bringing some more along with it. This is a presentation I gave at the Canberra Scrum User Group on Thursday 7 April 2016 at 6pm. http://www.meetup.com/Canberra-Scrum-User-Group/
The Business Case for DevOps - Justifying the JourneyXebiaLabs
Ting Cosper, IT Director at Freedom Mortgage, gives his presentation on building the case for DevOps within your organization at the DevOps Leaderships Summit in Boston MA.
Agile Metrics for Senior Managers and ExecutivesVersionOne
In this webinar, find out about agile appropriate metrics at the customer, portfolio and project levels. Presented by LitheSpeed, LLC.
Want to check out the full webinar? Visit http://pm.versionone.com/Webinar_MetricsExecs.html
Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 - Advanced Scrum Metrics PresentationJason Tice
Presentation given at Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 on advanced metrics for agile and scrum teams. It is recommended that teams track a few metrics for each of the 5 categories outlined in the presentation to be able to assess the impact of activities supportive of continuous improvement. The presentation includes over 30 metrics to give teams ideas on what they can measure. There isn’t a requirement to track 30 metrics on a scrum or agile team but rather teams should track just enough metrics to be able to understand their performance.
Introduction to Kanban for Knowledge Work: Kanban is emerging in Software Development and IT Operations as a method of improving transparency, predictability, and value. Learn how to get started with Kanban. See how Kanban can help you achieve the benefits of Pull, Value-Focus, and Capability-Improvement. Find out if Kanban is right for you.
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Andy singleton continuous delivery-fcb - nov 2014Brad Power
Software is an important tool for improving the speed, reliability, and quality of existing processes in every corner of a modern enterprise. Now revolutionary software development practices adopted by online leaders like Amazon, Facebook, and Google have achieved new levels of speed and flexibility. New software is broken into smaller pieces: big 'waterfall' releases are replaced by smaller 'agile sprints', and then into a continuous flow of smaller components - each optimized with specific points of measurement and feedback.
Commissioning for Profit, Performance and Windsurfing Bomex 2016 Murray Guy
The Lean Commissioning approach that we have implemented on a number of projects gets the team to the finish line early with less stress and better performance. WHY not I would rather be windurfing that dealing with half dead zomie contrrols long after the rest of the team have exited the project. #BOMEX2016
Scrum is Disruptive in Your OrganisationShane Wheller
The Scrum framework is often touted as a panacea for all our project ills, in reality, it is a framework within which many of the same issues are experienced, as well as bringing some more along with it. This is a presentation I gave at the Canberra Scrum User Group on Thursday 7 April 2016 at 6pm. http://www.meetup.com/Canberra-Scrum-User-Group/
The Business Case for DevOps - Justifying the JourneyXebiaLabs
Ting Cosper, IT Director at Freedom Mortgage, gives his presentation on building the case for DevOps within your organization at the DevOps Leaderships Summit in Boston MA.
Agile Metrics for Senior Managers and ExecutivesVersionOne
In this webinar, find out about agile appropriate metrics at the customer, portfolio and project levels. Presented by LitheSpeed, LLC.
Want to check out the full webinar? Visit http://pm.versionone.com/Webinar_MetricsExecs.html
Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 - Advanced Scrum Metrics PresentationJason Tice
Presentation given at Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 on advanced metrics for agile and scrum teams. It is recommended that teams track a few metrics for each of the 5 categories outlined in the presentation to be able to assess the impact of activities supportive of continuous improvement. The presentation includes over 30 metrics to give teams ideas on what they can measure. There isn’t a requirement to track 30 metrics on a scrum or agile team but rather teams should track just enough metrics to be able to understand their performance.
Introduction to Kanban for Knowledge Work: Kanban is emerging in Software Development and IT Operations as a method of improving transparency, predictability, and value. Learn how to get started with Kanban. See how Kanban can help you achieve the benefits of Pull, Value-Focus, and Capability-Improvement. Find out if Kanban is right for you.
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David Weir And Graham Fisher - Scaling Agility Across the EnterpriseAgile Lietuva
Whilst agile frameworks are excellent at encouraging and tracking velocity for individual projects, when you are running 20+ projects at the same time these can sometimes be at the consequence of the bigger picture. Our discussion, presents a number of techniques that can be used to observe trends and ensure both technical & project strategies are achieved across the enterprise, which complement projects remaining agile. You can study any number of Agile practices. Scrum, DSDM, XP, Kanban, Lean, TDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Delivery..... we'll let you know what's worked in the enterprise, what hasn't and why so hopefully you can avoid some of the many pitfalls along the path to sustained Agility, with some humble suggestions in tow.
Do you want a job as a software engineer? Here is some guidance based on my experience over nearly 20 years, reviewing thousands of CVs, interviewing hundreds of candidates and hiring tens of engineers.
User Centered Agile Development at NASA - One Groups Path to Better SoftwareBalanced Team
Jay Trimble - NASA Ames Research Center
I will present my teams experience in going from traditional development to agile user centered development using participatory design methods with my group at NASA Ames Research Center. We reduced our delivery cycle from six months to three-weeks, we increased product quality, decreased cost and increased the engagement and enjoyment of our own team and the customer. I'll present the key principles and lessons learned, the role of the customer, the users and our own team of developers and designers.
Microsoft Dynamics AX Implementation Stabilization Case Studiesmeritweb
Learn about the risks, challenges, and best practices for implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX in enterprise manufacturing and supply chain environments. Hear about a couple of our Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation stabilization case studies.
Different approaches for different scopes: How to tackle a medium-sized Dr...Symetris
Symetris conference given at DrupalCamp Ottawa 2016 outlining the important things to note when tackling a medium-sized project. Some projects aren't large enough to be considered big/complex, but aren't small enough to be considered easy/simple!
TRADITIONAL AND AGILE(KANBAN) PROJECT MANAGEMENT.GEORGEOFORI7
Explore the evolution of project management as we delve into the core principles of traditional methodologies and the dynamic world of Agile, spotlighting the Kanban system. This SlideShare offers insights into their unique strengths, challenges, and contexts of use, helping professionals make informed choices for their project needs. Dive in to discover the contrasts and find the right fit for your team
TRADITIONAL AND AGILE(KANBAN) PROJECT MANAGEMENT.GEORGEOFORI7
Explore the evolution of project management as we delve into the core principles of traditional methodologies and the dynamic world of Agile, spotlighting the Kanban system. This SlideShare offers insights into their unique strengths, challenges, and contexts of use, helping professionals make informed choices for their project needs. Dive in to discover the contrasts and find the right fit for your team.
Applying Agile principles, practices, and processes to the DARPA CODE program. Building the Release Plan for each program event and the deliverables for that review.
TestBoss Manchester Nov 2019 - What's Wrong with AccessibilityCorecom Consulting
Key Takeaways:
Understanding that accessibility helps everyone
Is more than compliance (which is important on its own)
Grows your reputation
Earns and saves you money
Makes your customers/users like your application
TestBoss Manchester Nov 2019 - What's Wrong with AccessibilityCorecom Consulting
Key Learning:
Understanding that accessibility helps everyone
Is more than compliance (which is important on its own)
Accessibility grows your reputation
Earns and saves you money
Makes your customers/users like your application
Hyper Group’s Director and Co-Founder, Damon Bryan, will be presenting: ‘The Data Science behind Data Personalisation’.
BIBoss is an award-winning networking event for leaders in Business Intelligence and Data Science. Hyper Group’s Director and Co-Founder, Damon Bryan, presented: ‘The Data Science behind Data Personalisation’ and Infinity Works' Technical Director, Neil Dunlop, presented: ‘AI, where are we now?’, including a discussion around demystifying the preconceptions of AI.
Keith Williams, Development Manager at IRIS Software was the Keynote Speaker at DevBoss, an exclusive networking event for leaders in Software Development. DevBoss welcomed delegates from the likes of Shelby Finance, Sky Bet and Tunstall Healthcare. Fore more information visit www.corecomconsulting.co.uk/events or register your interest at devboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk
TestBoss is an exclusive invitation-only networking event for leaders in Software Testing in Yorkshire.
The event sparked debates around onboarding new starters, creating a cohesive team, avoiding mini-waterfall and more.
If you're a Test Lead or Manager and are wanting to find out more about TestBoss, the next event is in October - please register at www.corecomconsulting.co.uk/events/
TestBoss Manchester March 2019 - Automation in Testing: The missing pieceCorecom Consulting
Richard Bradshaw, CEO (BossBoss) of the Ministry of Testing was the Keynote Speaker at TestBoss, an exclusive networking event for leaders in Software Testing. TestBoss welcomed delegates from the likes of Missguided, AO.com and N Brown Group. For more information visit www.corecomconsulting.co.uk/events or register your interest at testboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk
Jonathan Sanderson, Managing Director of award-winning recruitment consultancy Corecom Consulting, delivered a presentation to the University of Leeds students about what networking is, and why it’s important. For more information about Jonathan, visit https://www.corecomconsulting.co.uk/staff/jonathan-sanderson/
Adam is one of our newest recruits and has already done extremely well within his first three weeks! Keep up the good work, we look forward to working with you and helping you reach your goals.
Welcome to the team Natteleigh! She is currently on a placement year with us as a Marketing Executive as part of her course- Marketing and Advertising Management at Leeds Beckett University.
We’re all looking forward to seeing you contribute to our marketing department.
WITBoss June 2018 - Confidence - if you can't make it, fake itCorecom Consulting
WITBoss creates a community for female leaders to network, discuss hot topics and learn from reputable speakers in the industry.
The Keynote Speaker for this presentation was Jo Graham, Technology Director at Morrisons. Her presentation, titled 'Confidence - if you can't make it, fake it' delves into the meaning of confidence and showcases five confidence tips.
If you're a female leader in the IT industry in Yorkshire and would like to find out more about WITBoss, get in touch. Email us at witboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk
TestBoss May 2018 - 'How to win with automation and influence people'Corecom Consulting
TestBoss creates a unique platform for Test Managers through to Head of Tests across Yorkshire, to debate and discuss hot topics, learn from reputable and established speakers whilst networking with like-minded individuals in an intimate but friendly environment.
The Guest Speaker for this presentation was Gwen Diagram, Principal Test Engineer at Sky. The presentation, titled 'How to win with automation and influence people' explains the different layers of testing – and how to sell that idea to not only within the team but outside to senior management as well.
If you're a leader within Software Test Management in Yorkshire and would like to find out more about TestBoss, get in touch. Email us at testboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk
TestBoss Manchester March 2018 - 'GDPR: The battles in store for Test Bosses'Corecom Consulting
TestBoss creates a unique platform for Test Managers through to Head of Tests across Yorkshire, to debate and discuss hot topics, learn from reputable and established speakers whilst networking with likeminded individuals in an intimate but friendly environment.
The Guest Speaker for this presentation was Simon Jones, Senior Programme Test Manager at Astra Zeneca. The presentation, titled 'GDPR: The battles in store for Test Bosses' gives an insight into what some of these challenges are likely to be and offer some practical solutions on how to address them.
If you're a leader within Software Test Management in Yorkshire and would like to find out more about TestBoss, get in touch. Email us on testboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk
Emma Herron, BA Professional Lead at Hippo Digital, Tammy Kennedy, Solution Design Manager at EE and Jonathan Pain Business Analysis Manager at Sky deliver three exciting presentations on hot Business Analysis topics.
Leaders in Software Testing discussed, retaining permanent resources/skills, how to approach a mid-project that has aggressive deadlines and no test strategy or testing processes and the future of a Test Manager within an Agile environment.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
2. Offshore Fog
• Operating expenses have doubled in 15
years
• A fifth of the increase is because of
increased activity
• Poor planning wastes the time of highly
paid staff
• Reliability is awful
• Use of bespoke parts rather than
standard
• Repeatedly predicted falling costs as
they have soared
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3. Japanese Clarity
• The answer – pushed for by the British
Government – is to copy lean
production techniques
• Aera Energy in California treats well
drilling as a manufacturing process –
managed by a single team from design
to implementation
• Just in time planning
• Cut waste
• Decentralised decision making
• Standardisation
• Visual communication tools
The Economist, pg. 62, May 30th 2015
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4. A new role
• Core issues
• Productivity
• Stakeholder
Engagement
• Predictability of
Delivery
• Motivate & Engage
4
6. Sharpen The Bullet
• Focus on quality
• QAT & UAT => Test Driven Development
• Peer Reviews
• Shared deliverables
• Fixed term iterations
• Continuous Deployment
• Measuring Output
• Iteration planning and review
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7. Xanpan
• Allan Kelly’s adaption of XP and Kanban
• Idea is to move away from projects
• Strong correlation between maintained
projects and downloads on Source
Forge
• Establish the team
• Feed the team with work
• Prioritise development for the team
• Not a project … a production line
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8. Getting Started
Requirements Change
• Moved from a waiting – doing – done
whiteboard to a more explicit process
• Focus on quality
• Different process for reports and ETL
• Two types of backlog
• Prioritised – ready to go
• Holding area
• Just in time
• Detailed requirements
• Planning
• Design
• Work In Progress (WIP) limits
• Requirements change at
an average of 2% each
month
• Over 12 months this is a
change of 26.8%
Capers Jones, The Economics of
Software Development
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9. David J Anderson’s Kanban Recipe
1. Focus on quality
2. Reduce work in progress
3. Deliver often
4. Balance demand against throughput
5. Prioritise
6. Attack sources of variability to improve predictability
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12. Theory Of Constraints
• The argument by reductio ad absurdum is as follows: If there was nothing
preventing a system from achieving higher throughput (i.e., more goal units
in a unit of time), its throughput would be infinite — which is impossible in a
real-life system.
• Only by increasing flow through the constraint can overall throughput be
increased.[1]
• Assuming the goal of a system has been articulated and its measurements
defined, the steps are:
1. Identify the system's constraint(s).
2. Decide how to exploit the system's constraint(s).
3. Subordinate everything else to the above decision(s).
4. Elevate the system's constraint(s).
5. Warning! If in the previous steps a constraint has been broken, go back to step 1, but do
not allow inertia to cause a system's constraint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraints, June 2015
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13. With a Kanban system
most or all of the
stations in the workflow
have WIP limits. … The
local WIP limit … will
stop the line quickly,
keeping the system from
clogging and becoming
overloaded
David J Anderson, Kanban
Drum – Buffer - Rope
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14. Where We Are
• Initial constraint was deployment
• Looked at our process and optimised it with the Change Approval Board and
deployment teams
• Next came test
• We have one QA resource – his role became one of coordination and guidance
• Golden rule is a developers don’t mark their own homework
• Currently
• Bottleneck is user story and acceptance criteria
• Highlighted a lack of skill creating stories
• Symptom is that developers start working on lower priority work because major work
is not ready for development
• WIP limit is often broken
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15. Prioritisation
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Daily
• Remove blocked work
• Manage flow
Weekly – as needed
• Senior users
• Prioritise user stories
within subject areas
Six weeks
• Senior stakeholders
• Ensure alignment with
business strategy
• Agree proportion of time
spent on each subject area
• Size and shape of team
16. Metrics
• Report to the board on function points deployed each month
• Function points are standard and objective
• Cycle time for each subject area
• How long user stories wait before being elaborated
• Time to deploy
• From when elaboration starts to “ready to deploy”
• ETL, Reports and Defects reported separately
• Bottlenecks
• How longs jobs wait in each queue
• Time taken in different parts of the process
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