kanban workshop

Kanban Workshop

KanbanKanban is Japanese for ‘visual signal’ or ‘card’. Is about improving communication through visual management

Based on Lean Thinking (Toyota Production System)

Lean is about maximizing the value deliver to the client while reducing waste.

We get as a result:

Reduce Costs

Improve Efficiency

Improve Productivity

Improve Quality

Kanban Game

Task:

Roles: Squares Maker, Triangles Maker, QA

Step 1: Step 2:

Kanban Game: Experiment I

Roles: Squares Maker, Triangles Maker, QA

Experiment: Complete batches of size 10, before passing to next step

Kanban Game: Experiment II

Roles: Squares Maker, Triangles Maker, QA

Experiment: No batches, deliver as soon as possible (push system)

Kanban Game: Experiment III

Roles: Squares Maker, Triangles Maker, QA

Experiment: Stop push system, use pull system

Kanban Game: Experiment IV

Roles: Squares Maker, Triangles Maker, QA

Experiment: Reflect and see what you can improve. Use same rules.

Kanban Game: Experiment V

Roles: Your Choice

Experiment: Reflect and see what you can improve. No rules.

Kanban in a nutshell

1.Vizuale the workflow

2.Limit WIP (work in progress)

3.Measure the lead time (average time to complete one item,

sometimes called “cycle time”)

Cumulative Flow Diagram

One day in Kanban Land (1/11)

One day in Kanban Land (2/11)

One day in Kanban Land (3/11)

One day in Kanban Land (4/11)

One day in Kanban Land (5/11)

One day in Kanban Land (6/11)

One day in Kanban Land (7/11)

One day in Kanban Land (8/11)

One day in Kanban Land (9/11)

One day in Kanban Land (10/11)

One day in Kanban Land (11/11)

Don’t Stay in the Shu Box!

Scrum Essence is at Ri Level

Deliver (or Demo) Every Sprint

Self-organized cross-functional teams

Inspect and Adapt

Chief Impediment Remover (aka Scrum Master, optional)

Product Owner

Agile Methods are just tools

AGILE IS NOT A RECIPE

Thanks!Diego Alonso Gil Aguilar, @diegogil1989

Software Engineer at Avantica Technologies

CSM, CSD and survivor of Alistair Cockburn’sAgile Advanced Class

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For Further ReferenceKanban and Scrum: Making the Most of Both - Henrik Kniberg and

Mattias Skarin https://www.infoq.com/minibooks/kanban-scrum-minibook

Lean from the Trenches: Managing Large-Scale Projects with Kanban - Henrik Kniberg https://www.crisp.se/file-uploads/Lean-from-the-trenches.pdf