Using Kanban to Visualize Your Work What it means and why it’s important!
Mohammed KhalidTraining Manager, Solutions Engineerwww.linkedin.com/in/mokhalid
Overview
• How IT teams manage work today
• Challenges and roadblocks
• Why visual?
• How to get started with Kanban
• Managing your flow
IT Operations Work
Ticketing Systems
Spreadsheets
Emails
Drive By
Get my teams to FOCUS?
How do I …....
Help them PRIORITIZE?
How do I …....
TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM
WHY VISUAL?
LeanMaximize Customer Value
Minimize Waste
Our brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than contextual information
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
Status
STATUS
STAT
US
STAT
US
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
WHY VISUAL?
Benefits - Collaboration
Benefits - Prioritize
Benefits - Communication
Benefits - Visualize Work
IT EXAMPLE
How do I …....
Get STARTED?
Core Principles
Start with what you do right now
Core Principles
Make incremental/evolutionary changes
Before After
Manage Flow:
• Analyze current flow of work
• Introduce WIP
• Incremental changes
• Continuous Improvement
Manage Flow:
• Analyze current flow of work
• Introduce WIP
• Incremental changes
• Continuous Improvement
Manage Flow:
• Analyze current flow of work
• Introduce WIP
• Incremental changes
• Continuous Improvement
Manage Flow:
• Analyze current flow of work
• Introduce WIP
• Incremental changes
• Continuous Improvement
Manage Flow:
• Analyze current flow of work
• Introduce WIP
• Incremental changes
• Continuous Improvement
Feedback Loops:
Collaboration
Prioritize
Focus on Flow
Continuous Improvement
Visualize Your Work
Mohammed KhalidTraining Manager, Solutions Engineerwww.linkedin.com/in/mokhalid
Kanban Roadmaphttp://info.leankit.com/kanban-roadmap