Lean Startup & Kanban:a perfect pairing

Colleen Voelschow@scrumhive

IF YOU BUILD IT…

A tale of two theories

Yes we Kanban

make policies explicit

visualize workflow

improvecollaboratively

manage flow

limit work in progress

Kanban Practices

Visualize workflow

Limit Work In Progress

stop starting.

start finishing.

Make Policies Explicit

Manage Flow

“work done is more valuable

than doing work”

BE READY TO RESPOND

Improve Collaboratively

lower WIP =shorter cycle times

SOMETHING HAPPENED

An all new Lean

entrepreneurs are everywhere

entrepreneurship is management

validated learning

innovation accounting

build-measure-learn

Lean Startup Principles

Entrepreneurs are everywhere

it’s about

the spirit not the startup

REALLY.

Entrepreneurship is management

“enable employees to do the kinds of experimentation that entrepreneurship requires”

Validated Learning

run experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision

Innovation Accounting

improve outcomes and hold ourselves accountable

how to measure progress, how to set up milestones,

how to prioritize work

Build-Measure-Learn

Build

Measure

Learn ideas

produc

tsdata

“which way do you want to go?”

ABILITY TO PIVOT

Feedback Loops

fast cycle times increase the speed of the Build-Measure-Learn

change course? adapt the strategy?

ortest a new hypothesis?

LEAN STARTUP

KANBAN &

Reach out

Colleen Voelschow Enterprise Agile Coach

colleen.voelschow@readytalk.com

@scrumhive