Activity by Paulo caroli for simulating hte work moving at the Kanban boars/ card wall / workflow

1. Don’t limit yourself!
Activity Time
Paulo Caroli Agile Coach
pcaroli@thoughtworks.com
Twitter: @paulocaroli

2. Workshop - Agenda
• Cumulative Flow Diagram
• Activity rules
• Split into teams
• Demo
• Run the Activity
• Analyse the results
• Q&A

3. Cumulative Flow Diagram

4. 25
20
15
To Do
Doing
Done
10
5
0
day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8 day 9 day 10

5. Doing
To Do (Limit) Done
12
10 1
John
7 WIP
5
4
9 Suzy
21 18
31
Paul Lead Time
17
5 Amy

6. 25
20
15
To Do
Doing
Done
10 WIP
Lead Time
5
0
day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5 day 6 day 7 day 8 day 9 day 10

7. Activity Rules

8. 1. I am the time guru
(I will say day x; morning, half
day, end of day)

9. 2. You are a team members.
Each team has:
1 BA, 6 Devs, 2 Testers,
1 Pizza Dude

10. 3. You must follow the card
number order (priority)

11. 4. Cards are non dependent

12. 5. Each card you unplug is one
task (demo)
- The task color should match the
(action) workflow action stage
color

13. 6.
1 person 1 task / day

14. 7.
2 people (pairing) 1 task / half day

15. 8. Dev activities performed by
devs only

16. 9. Analysis activity performed by
ba, dev, and/or tester

17. 10. QC activity performed by
tester and/or dev

18. 11. Blockers might occur
(written at the card or stated by
the time guru)

19. 12. Each team must follow the
team process rules

20. Split into teams

21. Team A
• Start as much work as possible
• Finish your task before helping others

22. Team B
• Don't pair unless required
• Respect the limit
• Pick up a new task if limit allows
• Only move people if you reach the limit

23. Team C
• Pair unless in the single task for half day
• Pick up a new task if limit allows
• Respect the limit
• Only move people if you reach the limit

24. team D
• Pair according to the stage target
• Respect upper and lower limit

25. Demo

26. Let’s do it!

27. Thank you, thank you!
Don’t limit yourself!
Paulo Caroli Agile Coach
pcaroli@thoughtworks.com
Twitter: @paulocaroli