The document describes a Kanban pizza game presented by agile42 at Agile Games 2019. The game is used to teach Kanban principles like starting with the current process, limiting work in progress, and visualizing workflows. Players make different types of pizzas in rounds, and the game is adjusted between rounds to improve process flow based on feedback. The goal is to collaboratively learn Kanban concepts in an experiential way.

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Visualise your workflow, improve value delivery
Experience Kanban for yourself
Presented at the Agile Games 2019, Boston
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Kemmy Raji
Agile Coach
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Co-Active Coach
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Kanban Principles
START WITH WHAT YOU DO
NOW
AGREE TO PURSUE
INCREMENTAL,
EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
RESPECT THE CURRENT
PROCESS, ROLES,
RESPONSIBILITIES & TITLES
ENCOURAGE ACTS OF
LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS

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Round One

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Kanban starts where you are
... normally with an existing process

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Time keepers
Take note of the time….
• Start a pizza
• Time pizza is finished

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Make Hawaii Pizza
• 3 Pineapple
• 3 Ham
• Make as many as you can

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Let’s play!

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Stop!!! - Let’s measure

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Feedback

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Kanban Principles
START WITH WHAT YOU
DO NOW
AGREE TO PURSUE
INCREMENTAL,
EVOLUTIONARY
CHANGE
RESPECT THE
CURRENT PROCESS,
ROLES,
RESPONSIBILITIES &
TITLES
ENCOURAGE ACTS OF
LEADERSHIP AT ALL
LEVELS

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Six Core
Kanban
Practices
Visualize the workflow
Limit work in process (WIP)
Measure & optimize flow
Make process policies explicit
Implement feedback loops
Improve collaboratively, improve experimentally

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Make Policies explicit

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Visualize your workflow
& limit your
work in progress

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Round two

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Ok, let’s play again!

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Stop!!! - Let’s
measure

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Feedback

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Round
three

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Let’s extend the
game
Like in the real world,
some things change!

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New! New!! New!!!
“Pizza Rucola”
• Slim green post-its as rucola (a.k.a.
rocket salad)
• Each slice has 7 of them
• Warning! Rucola burns in the oven! It
must be added after baking the pizza.

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Now, we produce
based on orders
• Cash on Delivery: Points are given
only for fully delivered orders
• Orders can be picked up
from a central defined location
• Finished orders must be delivered
to another central location

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Ok, let’s play again!

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Stop!!! - Let’s
measure

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Feedback

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Round Four

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Ok, let’s play again!

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Stop!!! - Let’s
measure

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Wrap-up: Draw your workflow
1. Look back
to the game
2. Draw the flow
including WIP limits
3. Use your materials
to make it look nice

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Kanban Principles
START WITH WHAT YOU
DO NOW
AGREE TO PURSUE
INCREMENTAL,
EVOLUTIONARY
CHANGE
RESPECT THE
CURRENT PROCESS,
ROLES,
RESPONSIBILITIES &
TITLES
ENCOURAGE ACTS OF
LEADERSHIP AT ALL
LEVELS

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Six Core
Kanban
Practices
Visualize the workflow
Limit work in process (WIP)
Measure & optimize flow
Make process policies explicit
Implement feedback loops
Improve collaboratively, improve experimentally

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Kanban Pizza Game
by agile42 is licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany License.
Further information:
www.agile42.com/training/kanban-pizza-game
info@agile42.com

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Recognition/
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❖ Ralf Kruse
❖ Martin von Weissenberg
Agile Finland:
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