Kanban

Paweł Brodzinski

@pawelbrodzinski

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Where is Kanban from?

Kanban: ITEMITEMITEMITEM NAMENAMENAMENAME

IDIDIDID PRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITY

DUEDUEDUEDUE DATEDATEDATEDATE

DATEDATEDATEDATE FROMFROMFROMFROM

DATEDATEDATEDATE TOTOTOTO

Kanban is an approach to change

management. It isn’t a software

development or project management

lifecycle or process.lifecycle or process.

David Anderson

Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP (Work In Progress)

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

Kanban

Start with what you have

Agree to pursue incremental,

evolutionary change

Respect current environment (process,

responsibilities, roles, etc.)

Scrum versus Kanban

Scrum versus Kanban

Team

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Scrum versus Kanban

Process

Scrum versus Kanban

Time boxing/cadence

Release Retro Planning

Kanban

Start with what you have

Agree to pursue incremental,

evolutionary changeevolutionary change

Respect current environment (process,

responsibilities, roles, etc.)

Kanban + PMBOK?

Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

World steering center

The simplest Kanban board

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Hand-offsTO DOTO DOTO DOTO DO DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT DONEDONEDONEDONEBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOG TESTINGTESTINGTESTINGTESTING DEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENT

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BlockersTO DOTO DOTO DOTO DO DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT DONEDONEDONEDONEBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOG TESTINGTESTINGTESTINGTESTING DEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENT

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Classes of serviceTO DOTO DOTO DOTO DO DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT DONEDONEDONEDONEBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOG TESTINGTESTINGTESTINGTESTING DEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENT

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WORKWORKWORKWORK ITEMITEMITEMITEM

IDIDIDID

ITEMITEMITEMITEM NAMENAMENAMENAME

IDIDIDID PRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITY

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ESTIMATEDESTIMATEDESTIMATEDESTIMATED

SPENTSPENTSPENTSPENT

SIZESIZESIZESIZE

Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

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ONGOING ONGOINGDONE DONE

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Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

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Why WIP limits?

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Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

TO DOTO DOTO DOTO DO DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT DONEDONEDONEDONEBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOGBACKLOG TESTINGTESTINGTESTINGTESTING DEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENTDEPLOYMENT

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WIPWIPWIPWIP

START START START START HEREHEREHEREHERESTART START START START HEREHEREHEREHERE

You need team buy-in

Value stream mapping

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Upstream/downstream process

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The simpler the better

One or many boards?

Alternative Kanban board designs

Kanban

Visualize workflow

Limit WIP

Manage flowManage flow

Make policies explicit

Improve collaboratively

What’s in it for me?

Everyday informed decisions

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Behavior changes

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Best engineering practices

Continuous improvement

Thank you

Questions?

Paweł Brodzinski

blog.brodzinski.com

vsoft.pl

@pawelbrodzinski