Amro Hassaan, Tools Analyst, PMO.Scrum and Kanban 101

What is Waterfall?Waterfall

The Agile Processes

Scrum Crystal Clear

Agile Unified ProcessKanbanLean

XP

The Agile Manifesto

Processes and Tools

Responding to Change

Contract NegotiationCustomer Collaboration

Comprehensive DocumentationWorking Software

Following a Plan

Individuals and Interactions

Intro to Scrum

What is Scrum?“A lightweight adaptive framework for managing complex development projects” ● Roles● Events● Artifacts● Simple set of rules

Product Owner

Scrum Master & Team

● A Scrum Master is a servant leader who facilitates the development process, removes blocking issues and ensures the team is adhering to the process.

● A Team is a self-organizing, cross-functional team that undertakes the responsibility of delivering the work.

KanbanWhat is Kanban?A work management approach focused on enhancing production flow by increasing the visibility of the workflow, and by limiting the amount of work in progress (WIP).● Pioneered by Taiichi Ohno (Toyota)● Underpins “Just In Time” approach (JIT)● Focused on speed, predictability, continuous improvement.● Reduces “Muda” or waste, time item sits idle (not worked on).● kan (visual) - ban (card)● Kanban → process.● kanban → card.

Properties of the Kanban method● Visualize workflow● Limit work in process (WIP)● Measure and manage flow● Make process policies explicit● Recognize improvement opportunities

Cycle Time Time spent working on an item from start to completely done.Lead Time Total time a request or an item spends in the process from start to end.CT = work time LT = idle time + work time Value Stream Mapping

Implementing Kanban

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Cycle Time

Limiting Work In Progress/Process (WIP)

A fundamental concept in Kanban! Why?● Reduces multi-tasking.● Increases focus by limiting context switching.● Improves performance (reduces Cycle time).● Reduces the average Lead Time.● Help identify bottlenecks.● Increases team collaboration.● Very experimental (you improve WIP estimation through

observing performance and adjusting)

Comparison of approachesAttribute Scrum Kanban

Cadence Time box iterations Continuous Flow

Key Metrics Velocity Cycle Time

Defining Characteristics

3 roles,3 events,4 artifacts

-Visualize WF-Limit WIP

-No clearly defined roles

Key Artifact Burn-down diagram Cumulative Flow diagram

Team Scalability Hierarchy of small teams Support for larger team

Comparison of approachesAttribute Scrum KanbanIncrements ● Smaller increments

● Feedback to increase ROI● Mitigate risk● Maximize Learning process

Retrospective At the end of each sprint Daily

Management Inclusion

Sprint is black box and management get visibility at the

end of the sprint

Daily visibility and inclusion allows management to

see/understand bottlenecks and level of scope-creep is

decreased