shortest possible definition of kanban lkuk13
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This presentation from the Lean Kanban UK Conference in London, 2013, was a challenge to summarise the essence of the Kanban methodthe same definition to apply at multiple scales from personal through to portfolio Kanban.TRANSCRIPT
Shortest Possible Kanban Definition
and why it matters for scaling
Andy Carmichael xprocess.blogspot.co.uk@andycarmich
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What is Kanban?
An approach for managing and improving the flow of value from knowledge work?
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Principal Sources
kanban: Lean / TPS concept
The Kanban Method: Anderson (Blue Book)
Personal Kanban: Benson
Other Kanbans?
What is Kanban?
Really 3 questions:1. What is a kanban?
a visual signal
2. What is a kanban system?system that manages work using (real or virtual)
kanbans to control the flow.
3. What is the Kanban method?approach to defining and improving kanban
systems
… so what’s the Kanban method?
Starting Point: Foundational Principles (Anderson)
1. Start with what you do now
2. Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
3. Initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles
4. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels from individual contributor to senior management
Starting Point: Foundational Principles
1. Start with what you do now ...(including the current roles, responsibilities & job titles)
2. Agree to pursue ... evolutionary change(incremental, validated by experiment)
3. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels ...(from individual contributor to senior management)
Starting Point: Foundational Principles
1. Start with what you do now ...(including the current roles, responsibilities & job titles)
2. Agree to pursue ... evolutionary change(incremental, validated by experiment)
3. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels ...(from individual contributor to senior management)
Core Practices
1. Visualize2. Limit Work-in-Progress
3. Manage Flow4. Make Process Policies Explicit5. Implement feedback mechanisms6. Improve Collaboratively,
Evolve Experimentally (using models & the scientific method)
(Anderson)
(Benson, Anderson)
Core Practices (Anderson)(Benson, Anderson)
Core Practices
Make work and policies visible;1. Visualize4. Make Process Policies Explicit (including policies for limiting WIP)
Make validated improvements2. Limit Work-in-Progress (WIP)3. Manage Flow5. Implement feedback mechanisms6. Improve Collaboratively, Evolve Experimentally (using models & the scientific method)
Optimise
How to adopt Kanban
1. Change your viewpoint (lean flow paradigm / kanban lens):See work as flow
2. Change your mindset (foundational principles): Start from here and evolve
3. Change your process continually (core practices): Make work and policies visible; Make validated improvements
How to adopt Kanban
Twitter version:
see flow start here with visible work & policies, validate improvements
@andycarmichAlso see: "How to Adopt Kanban"
2 scaling mechanisms
● Scaling by “not scaling”○ use service-orientation concept to balance work
flowing between different kanban systems● Scale through “scale-free” understanding
○ same approach applied to different units of flow at different time scales
3 Typical Scales of Kanban
● portfolio / organisation● unit of flow: Project, Epic or
Minimum Releasable Increment● time scale: weeks/months
● project / product ● unit of flow: Requirement, User Story or
Valued Work Item● time scale: days
● personal / small team ● unit of flow: Task, To-do item● time scale: hours
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Essence of Kanban
see flow (Lean Flow Paradigm / The Kanban Lens) start here (The Foundation Principles) with visible work & policies, validate improvements (The Core Practices]
Also see: "How to Adopt Kanban" @andycarmich
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