Kanban Weak Spots

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Kanban is considered very light-weight yet very effective method helping teams to organize their work and make their flow effective but most importantly to foster continuous improvement. Cost of introducing Kanban is very low and usually first effects of its implementation show up pretty quickly. However it doesn't mean that Kanban will survive in any environment. The method has some weak spots, which a team should take care of, otherwise there can be little value of introducing it. Addressing potential issues related to Kanban implementation is as crucial to its success as knowing its strengths. It is also very important to plan for those risks so a team can get much value out of introducing them method. The presentation discusses a number of different Kanban weak spots, showing their negative effects and advising how they can be avoided which helps teams to make improvements fostered by Kanban sustainable. Both: problems and solutions are based on real-life stories of teams facing issues connected with adopting Kanban.

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Kanban weak spots

Pawel Brodzinski

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PEOPLE!

With a special thanks to Katherine Kirk

But you change the system, not the people!

With a special thanks to Bob Marshall

Thank you Questions?

Pawel Brodzinski

blog.brodzinski.com

vsoft.pl

@pawelbrodzinski

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Let me introduce a party of heroes...

I mean, another party of heroes

The party wanted to level up as this is what heroes do...

...so they decided to join

the Kanban Guild

THE GOAL: Don’t fail with Kanban implementation

QUEST 1: The Kanban board not up to date

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Treat the board as the main source of information about the reality

Quest completed!

QUEST 2: Abused limits

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Make abusing limits painful

Quest completed!

QUEST 3: Suddenly, the board stood still

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Create and exploit ocassions to change Kanban board

Quest completed!

QUEST 4: Wishful thinking

I WISH WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER

IN OUR PROJECT…

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Keep the board aligned with the reality, whatever it takes

Quest completed!

QUEST 5: Over-engineers ahead!

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KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)

Quest completed!

QUEST 6: Kanban as Project Management or Software

Development method

Learn and apply what you learned

Quest completed! Level up!

Kanban is simple But it also means it is fragile

Kanban is like a flower...

And if you do, than well…

Thank you Questions?

Pawel Brodzinski

blog.brodzinski.com

vsoft.pl

@pawelbrodzinski