Why kanban is the secret to scale your tech team by Marc-Antoine Lacroix Qonto

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The document describes how a tech team at Qonto used Kanban to scale their operations. They implemented a Kanban board to visualize workflow and introduced specific columns for scoping, specification, development, and completion. This helped reduce wait times and align the team. Metrics showed drastic reductions in average cycle times from over 40 days to under 2 days after adopting Kanban.

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How we used Kanban to scale our tech team

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How we use Kanban at Qonto
Our Kanban board
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Our results
Drastic reduction of waiting time
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> 40 days avg < 2 days avg

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Intervene right when the problem occurs

Our results
We can measure our improvements
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> 100 days
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Why kanban is the secret to scale your tech team by Marc-Antoine Lacroix Qonto

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Why kanban is the secret to scale your tech team by Marc-Antoine Lacroix Qonto

1. How we used Kanban to scale our tech team

2. 2 It’s all about time

3. 3 Problems we face when we scale

4. Our Kanban model Speciﬁc to Qonto 4 Feature name: Team: PM: Due date: Scoping start Spec start In stock since Dive in start Dev start Dev done C M Y CM MY CY CMY K kanban-card.pdf 2 18/07/2019 09:46

5. How we use Kanban at Qonto Our Kanban board 5

6. 6 Kill stocks, thus reworks

7. Our results Drastic reduction of waiting time 7 > 40 days avg < 2 days avg

8. 8 Intervene right when the problem occurs

9. 9 Align everybody and create teamwork

10. 10 Keep on getting better

11. Our results We can measure our improvements 11 > 100 days avg < 20 days avg