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