Kanban: an introduction
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February 13, 2014 - Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup Kanban Michael Toppa @mtoppa toppa.com
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A brief introduction to Kanban, presented at the Philly 'burbs WordPress Meetup on Feb 17, 2014 http://www.meetup.com/philly-burbs-wordpress-meetup/events/160490732/
Transcript of Kanban: an introduction
What is Kanban?
Wikipedia: “Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work with an emphasis on just-in-time delivery while not overloading the team members. In this approach, the process, from definition of a task to its delivery to the customer, is displayed for participants to see and team members pull work from a queue.”
Why use Kanban?
❖ It helps you:
❖ keep focus on priorities
❖ for example, prioritize interruptions appropriately
❖ identify and eliminate bottlenecks in your workflow
❖ prevent your team from being overwhelmed
❖ And it doesn’t disrupt your team structure
The Imperial Palace Gardens
Kanban is about achieving flow
And minimizing waste
Step 1 - initial card wall with workflow
From “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business"
Step 2 - put tasks on cards
Step 3 - Work-in-progress limits
Optional: capacity allocation
Optional: add buffers/queues
Optional: add swim lanes
Handling emergencies
Sizing work for Kanban
From http://flow.io/finding-the-right-task-size-in-kanban.html
When tasks are the right size…
❖ WIP limits work
❖ You have visibility into your work
❖ You have fewer bottlenecks
❖ The time to complete tasks does not vary wildly
Kanban standups
Further Reading
❖ Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
❖ Theory of Constraints
❖ A real-life overview of Agile workflow practices (Agile is different from Lean, but can be complementary)
