Hierarchical kanban boards in action - Ignite talk at Lean Kanban North America 2013

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Hierarchical kanban systems in practice

Examples of real boards from portfolio thru features to stories

Yuval Yeret – Kanban Practice Lead & Partner, AgileSparks

Follow up at @yuvalyeret or yuval@agilesparks.com

Once – there were flat boards

Once – there were flat boards

• Use my youtube movie

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• Use my youtube movie

MMF Story Team Story

Story MMF

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Ever tried that on a classic electronic Kanban tool?

Swimming lanes

Credit flickr user jp_photo_online

MMF Story MMF

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MMF Story MMF

This is still quite a complicated picture, isn’t it?

Tasks in Stories

Stories in MMF

MMFs in Initiative

Portfolio of

Initiatives

Portfolio

Initiative MMF

MMF

Story

Tasks

Tasks Initiative MMF

Single board w/ multiple views Very useful for dynamic teams within a

stable group

Some issues around WIP

Limits…

“Improve Collaboratively” is hard for a big group

Tip: When team structure is stable, prefer SEPARATE boards the teams can

personalize and OWN

Value Stream

Team Alpha

Team Bravo

Team Charlie

#SOLIDBoards

#VisualizationSafety

Vendor? Raise the bar!

Practitioner? Share alternative patterns!

Follow up at @yuvalyeret or

yuval@agilesparks.com

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