KANBAN PLATFORM OF SUCCESS OR

OUBLIETTE OF MANAGEMENT?

IntroductionsTrent Hone

@Honer_CUTJim Benson

@ourfounder

What is an Oubliette?

• Dungeon• “Forgotten Chamber”• Hell hole

The Bastille has one...and you can too!

The “Before Time…”

Death Marches to Death Sprints

TCL Was Pissed Off

Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering…

Suffering Leads to Action

The Westminster, CO Team

Adopting Kanban...

http://getkanban.com/

Team Transformations

Using Kanban

Planning

Historical Cadence… not Estimates

Three Steps Forward...

… and one back

Planning & Prioritization Dev & Test Beta & Deploy

The Pull of WIP (The Oubliette’s Door)

The Death Marathon

The Situation in Vaughn, ON...

Rope

WallFan

Pillar

Tree

Pipe

Chair

Competing Factions

It should be “this way!”

No! “That Way…”

The Deepest Dungeon...

Just Unplanned

work! QA Backlog

8 pages of “Stories” 3 Levels

Deep

Where are they now?

Lessons?

“You cannot cause innovation, but you can catalyze conditions to enable innovation to emerge.” – Alicia Juarrero

What Can You Do?• Visualize your work

• Limit your WIP

• Catalyze Conditions…

Thank You!Please ask questions :)