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Stop Starting, Start Finishing Lean Kanban Nordic
March 13, 2013
Henrik Kniberg Agile/Lean coach
www.crisp.se
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
Kanban Scrum
XP
Lean Agile GTD
(Getting Things Done)
Pomodoro 4hr work week
7 habits of highly effective people
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Henrik Kniberg
1 day = 24 hours
1 week = 168 hours
1 year = 8,766 hours
1 life ≈ 700,000 hours
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
stop saying
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How to control the hamster wheel Chapter 1
40m
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The overflow problem
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Isolate the noise
Henrik Kniberg
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Do 1 thing until Done
Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Teflon mode
Henrik Kniberg
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Know your WIP (work in progress)
Henrik Kniberg
Read
Check out
Ideas
Blog about
Someday / Maybe Actions, Projects, Commitments, Promises
WIP Appointments
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Limit WIP
Henrik Kniberg
40 hours at office
60% stress 6 starred emails
10 actions
3 projects 10 travel days per year
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Learn how to get inbox to zero
INBOX ROBOT
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STOP when inbox is clear! Don’t be an inbox junky!
Henrik Kniberg
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Inbox size
Henrik Kniberg
Bad old days
Now
Empty inbox 1-4 times per day
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Too much WIP?
Henrik Kniberg
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How long does it take to write a name? Chapter 2
30m
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Henrik Kniberg
60s per project
4s per project
20s total
70s total
Writer A No WIP limit
Writer B WIP limit = 1
3.5 times more productive!
15 times faster!
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WIP is everywhere! Learn to see it. Chapter 3
28m
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
1 Mon 7:00
2 Mon 11:00
3
Mon 22:00 4 Tue 22:00
1-2 days!
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
1 Mon 7:00
2 Mon 7:30
< 1 hour!
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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The art of…. Chapter 4
25m
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Practice!
Henrik Kniberg
On a count of 3, say:
“No”
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Practice!
Henrik Kniberg
On a count of 3, say:
“No thanks”
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Henrik Kniberg
“I don’t have time”
Never say “I don’t have time”!
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80/20 rule
Henrik Kniberg
Value
Effort
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Maximize Value, not Output
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Know your Values
Henrik Kniberg
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Create a value filter
Henrik Kniberg
Stuff
No Someday Maybe
Yes
WIP monitor
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Henrik Kniberg
Install the value filter
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Henrik Kniberg
Schedule time for reflection
WIP review Personal board meeting
Hobbies
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Getting Stuff Done
Whatever
4 types of activities
Reflecting
Clearing inbox
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Henrik Kniberg
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Get OFF the hamster wheel Chapter 5
18m
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Thrashing
Overflow
Slack
Balance
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Slack
Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
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Once upon a weekend
Henrik Kniberg
Nov 10-12, 2006
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Henrik Kniberg
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Slack rule
Henrik Kniberg
Slack rule
2 days per week
1 day per week
WIP
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
Slack fueled a positive feedback loop!
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Where do you want to be? Chapter 6
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How do you spend your time?
Henrik Kniberg
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How do you WANT spend your time?
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Henrik Kniberg
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Henrik Kniberg
You are here
Move towards here
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A personal story… Chapter 7
9m
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Henrik Kniberg
I like travelling...
Dilemma – Dec 2010
...but I don’t like being away from my family
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If you could do whatever you want, what would you do?
Henrik Kniberg
6 month round-the-world family trip!
Wouldn’t that be cool?
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But we can’t, because…
Henrik Kniberg
What about the house, the hamster, the aquarium...
Too many work commitments Don’t have
time
Can’t take the kids out of school
Travelling with small kids is difficult
What about my bands?
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What would it take to make this happen?
Henrik Kniberg
Less work
On-the-road schooling
...
A date constraint
We can’t because…
Agreement from the family
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Vision: Big Family Trip
Henrik Kniberg
Email 1-2 hours per week
Coaching/teaching 2-3 days per month
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Making it Happen
Henrik Kniberg
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Vision
Motive
Must Do
Departure Date: Oct 1
Should Do
Could Do
Preparations
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Travel “spike”
Henrik Kniberg
Small Family Trip London, 4 days
Big Family Trip Round the world, 6 months
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Won’t finish all preparations!
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These can be done while travelling
Focused hard on getting things done
Skipped these
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Peru
Japan
New Zealand
West Indies
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Henrik Kniberg
1 public workshop per month
2 slack days per week
Weekends = family time 1 public talk
per month
Onsite mentoring 1 long term client 2 days per week
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Henrik Kniberg
Now
Bad old days
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Wrapup Chapter 8
2m
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Isolate the noise
Do 1 thing until Done
Know your WIP
Limit WIP
Learn how to keep Inbox
Empty
Install a Value Filter
Schedule time for
reflection Reserve slack
Notice how you spend your time
Decide how you want to spend
your time
Iteratively improve your life
Stop Starting, Start Finishing,
until WIP is acceptable
Learn to say No
stop saying