the evils of multi-tasking and how personal kanban can help you

Sandy Mamoli

@smamol sandy@nomad8.com www.nomad8.com

The evils of multi-tasking and how personal Kanban can help you

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Multi-tasking Exercise - part 1

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I realised I had a problem

Organisational multi-tasking

“ ... to maximise utilisation and deliver as many projects as possible, people are on between 3 to 5 projects at the time ...”

Head of Project Management Office (PMO)

Buzz around the teams

Rules of the game

A 10-second Kanban recap

‣ Visualise your workflow - so you know what you’re doing

‣ Limit work in progress - so you stop multi-tasking

Expedite?

Process and flow

Achievement not activity

Only the owner can add tasks

How big should tasks be?

Timeboxing

Effect on people

“No  one  ever  shouts  at  a  wall”  Jim  Benson

Continuous improvement

Better work-life balance

Why a physical board?

You can’t carry it around

Tactile connection

Spreading like a rash

Making boards

Effects on the organisation

Portfolio Kanban

Did I just make this up?

h:p://www.personalkanban.com

Multi-tasking slows us down

Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking, Gerald Weinberg, 1992

So what next?

www.kanbanfor1.com

@kanbanfor1

facebook.com/kanbanfor1

@smamol

@smamol sandy@nomad8.com www.nomad8.com

If you’re interested in seeing this presentation live feel free to get in touch. I live in Wellington, New Zealand.