hacking getKanban v2.0
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Cheryl Hammond
@bsktcase
CTO, Peak Medical Technologies
hacking
getKanban v2.0
illuminating lean to create real change
#getKanban
agreements and asks
@bsktcase #Agile2016 #getKanban
Tweet your feedback and questions during and after and whenever
http://sched.co/6ec4
Submit your feedback please please please
http://github.com/bsktcase/getKanbanVersion2
Download the kit and play!
law of two feet
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agenda
Intro, logistics, agreements
Case study
Core hacks
Breakouts
Close
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolonka
ваня
миша
me
Cheryl Hammond
~20 years’ experience in software
development, exec leadership, and
organizational transformation
Passionate about agile, lean, and
making software delivery humane;
not afraid to look silly doing it
Fourth-generation Seattleite
College (university) recruiter; traveler;
bolonka lover; genealogist; feminist
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let’s get started!
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let’s play*!
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our favorite lean principles
variability
failure
economics
batch sizing
wip
queues (ToC)
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at scale@bsktcase #getKanban
challenges
learning objectives
time constraints
scale
gamers :)
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case study
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hints@bsktcase #getKanban
more hints
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the “experts” play
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the “experts” fail
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let’s hack!
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evil subscribers rule
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evil Carlos rule
Intended
Block players using resource allocation
to solve the bottleneck in Test, so they
have to find other solutions
In my experience
Players become even more convinced
that resource allocation would solve the
bottleneck in Test if only it were allowed
Also, actual Carlos 
Not evil at all! @bsktcase #getKanban
you can’t play a player
Order of the backlog is unchangeable
I’m the Product Owner
Stories must remain on board once played
This works better if you have time to play through the entire backlog
Decisions in daily standup phase only
Could go either way on this, actually
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let’s self-organize!
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find your tribe
Free play group
Borrow some game kits, experiment, see what you can figure out
Guided play group
Borrow some game kits, work through some specific questions/challenges
Lean principles group
Hear more about the Lean principles we teach with this game, especially queues
lean principles
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prioritization
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competing priorities
How do you decide relative value?
Stories are measured very differently, and some are immeasurable!
What choices are informed by priority?
Whether to add a yellow, purple, or green card in the Ready column
Which stories to move to the top of their column during the “daily standup”
Of course, every story you move up, pushes other stories down
Where to allocate resources (dice) each day
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queues
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queue patrol
Where do you see queues on your board?
How do you address queues?
How hard is it to get rid of a queue once it’s formed?
How expensive is it?
Have you spotted the one worthless queue?
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cycle time
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your dice don’t earn subscribers
What’s your average cycle time now?
How much did that start to suck when you got those low-subscribers stories?
What’s your best cycle time?
How did you get it?
Why isn’t every story as fast as your fastest story?
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beyond the classroom
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wrap-up
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agreements and asks
@bsktcase #Agile2016 #getKanban
Tweet your feedback and questions during and after and whenever
http://sched.co/6ec4
Submit your feedback please please please
http://github.com/bsktcase/getKanbanVersion2
Download the kit and play!
Cheryl Hammond
@bsktcase
CTO, Peak Medical Technologies
thank you!
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now go play!
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Hacking getKanban v2.0: Advanced Game Mechanics to Illuminate Lean by Cheryl Hammond