KANBAN PLATFORM OF SUCCESS OR
OUBLIETTE OF MANAGEMENT?
IntroductionsTrent Hone
@Honer_CUTJim Benson
@ourfounder
What is an Oubliette?
• Dungeon• “Forgotten Chamber”• Hell hole
The Bastille has one...and you can too!
The “Before Time…”
Death Marches to Death Sprints
TCL Was Pissed Off
Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering…
Suffering Leads to Action
The Westminster, CO Team
Team Transformations
Using Kanban
Planning
Historical Cadence… not Estimates
Three Steps Forward...
… and one back
Planning & Prioritization Dev & Test Beta & Deploy
The Pull of WIP (The Oubliette’s Door)
The Death Marathon
The Situation in Vaughn, ON...
Rope
WallFan
Pillar
Tree
Pipe
Chair
Competing Factions
It should be “this way!”
No! “That Way…”
The Deepest Dungeon...
Just Unplanned
work! QA Backlog
8 pages of “Stories” 3 Levels
Deep
Where are they now?
Lessons?
“You cannot cause innovation, but you can catalyze conditions to enable innovation to emerge.” – Alicia Juarrero
What Can You Do?• Visualize your work
• Limit your WIP
• Catalyze Conditions…
Thank You!Please ask questions :)