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Value of flow
The document discusses the concept of flow in value delivery, emphasizing the importance of reducing work in progress (WIP) to enhance lead time and throughput. It highlights how improved flow leads to increased customer satisfaction, better business performance, and a more favorable work environment for employees. The strategies presented include using Scrum and Kanban practices to manage WIP and facilitate continuous improvement.
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Value of flow
- 1. The Value ofFlow Presented by Dean Stevens Dean.Stevens@Synaptus.com
- 2. Flow of Value Analyze Design Vision Deliver Ready for Document Design Design Analyze Analyze Release Queue Queue Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature Feature
- 3. Airplane Game Paper AirplaneGame • Team of 5 makes 20 airplanes • 1st Run: Fast as you can – WIP piles up • 2nd Run: Flow – Batch size of one • Consistently better results – Lead Time: 3X improvement – Throughput: 10-20% better – Lower stress – Easier to manage
- 4. The Value ofFlow Improves Customer Lead Time Makes Customers Happy
- 5. Make Value Flow Little’s Law Lead Time = WIP / Throughput (time) = (items) / (items/time) Where: Lead Time: Time from start to finish WIP: Work in Progress Throughput: Average completion rate Reduce WIP to improve Lead Time
- 6. The Value ofFlow Improves Throughput Makes Business Happy
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- 8. Requires Continuous Improvement But,reducing WIP exposes Reduce WIP AND solve hidden problems due to problems to – Complexity – Establish and improve – Delay predictable throughput – Variability – Promote quality
- 9. Enables Focus • Fastercustomer feedback • Stop starting, start finishing • Less overhead
- 10. Enables Quality • Reducingrework from defects • Getting faster quality feedback
- 11. Enables Fast Feedback •Fast feedback reduces loss from bad outcomes – Stop working on the wrong thing • Fast feedback enables exploitation of good outcomes – Avoid delays when you are doing the right thing – Learn and innovate • Fast feedback and progressive elaboration enable an iterative approach
- 12. The Value ofFlow Improves Work Environment Makes Employees Happy
- 13. Respect People • Makevalue clear with Stories • Self organizing teams • “Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.”
- 14. The Value ofFlow Flow in Practice
- 15. Flow in Scrum •Limit WIP? Stories in a sprint • Improve Throughput? Retrospectives and improve velocity • Respect for People? “Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.”
- 16. Kanban Board Simple2-Tier
- 17. Kanban Board LeanKit Kanbanwith Swimlanes
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Editor's Notes
- #3 Who played the airplane game? What were the benefits of flow?Lead TimeCycle Time (Velocity)Team satisfactionWe want valuable features to flow… Through the TeamThrough the Extended TeamWork with customers to understand what is valuableWhat is inhibiting Flow?
- #4 http://alistair.cockburn.us/Airplane+game
- #5 Make Value Flow
- #6 Throughput (items/time) = WIP (items) / Lead Time (time)Lead Time and Throughput are results. WIP is what we can manage.
- #7 Continuous Improvement
- #13 Foundation for LeadershipRespect for People
- #15 Foundation for LeadershipRespect for People
- #17 Expand, collapse