Benefits of both the worlds –
Scrumban (Scrum + Kanban)
Savita Pahuja
Agile Coach , Trainer
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Scrum

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Scrum Flow
Fixed To Do
list

Work selected
upfront

No restrictions to
the number of
ongoing items

Empty
queues

All work done

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Kanban

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Kanban Flow
Flexible To Do
list

Top priority
Work in the
queue

No more than
specified
number of
items

Flexible
ongoing list

Work flow

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Some improvements obtained
with Agile (Mostly Scrum)

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Increase in productivity by using
scrum
Human psychology with respect to timeboxing

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Temporal motivation theory (TMT)
• Temporal motivation theory (TMT) is
developed by Piers Steel and Cornelius
J. Konig, the theory emphasizes time as
a critical, motivational factor.

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Temporal motivation theory (TMT)
Motivation =

Motivation
Expectancy
Value
Impulsiveness

=
=
=
=

Expectancy * Value
1 + Impulsiveness * Delay
the desire for a particular outcome
the probability of success
the reward associated with the outcome
the individual’s sensitivity to delay

Source : wikipidea
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TMT Graph

Source : INTEGRATING THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
By PIERS STEEL
University of Calgary

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Without time boxing – Continuous
Flow
If I can keep working and still ship my
promised set of stories as they become
available, why time box ?

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Continuous Flow of Kanban

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Some improvements from
using Kanban

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Productivity Comparison
Productivity ->

Scrum
Kanban

Time ->

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Scrumban
• Scrumban is kanban when starting process is
scrum.

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Benefits of Scrumban

No more
Investment
Communication
of scrum +
continuous
improvement of
kanban
Not Prescriptive

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Thank You.

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Scrumban benefits of both the worlds