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February 6, 2013 Calgary .NET User Group Lunch Seminar series - An introduction to Kanban presented by Dave White of Imaginet (http://www.imaginet.com) and board member at Lean Kanban University (http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com)
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Introduction to Kanban
Discover How The Kanban Method Can Help Supercharge Your Organization
(and dispelling a few myths along the way)
Your Speaker
Dave WhiteTechnical Program DirectorImaginet Resources Corp. - Microsoft Partner• Management Board - Lean-Kanban University• Advisory Board - LKU’s Accredited Kanban
Training program– Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT)– Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
• numerous Microsoft certifications – Microsoft Certified Trainer
• 15 years of experience• specializes in helping organizations mature their
software development and information technology practices
• passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly talks and teaches on a wide range of ALM topics
http://www.agileramblings.com
Why I Went Looking
X
Symptom
Release Date: in 9-12 months
“We don’t have staff for that project/work”
Lead time for Feature: 12 months
ETA of Bug Fix: ???
“That isn’t what we wanted.”
“We have to get this out right away!”
“The business unit built that?”
“That feature doesn’t matter anymore.”
“We’re really late.”
“We’re waiting on other teams.”
“We’ve got 100s of bugs waiting.”
Problem
Lots of work, not enough capacity• Quality suffers• Features delayed• Technical debt• How much…
• Work??• Capacity??
Disengaged people!
Another Problem
Why is this still a problem?
X
My Journey
X
XX
X
X
What We’ve Tried So Far
What’s Prevalent• Chaos• Waterfall • Scrum
Still Looking…• Chaos is … chaotic• Waterfall not well suited
• Large batch, single pass, long duration workflow
• If we just do it better…
• Scrum is better suited• prescriptive without
understanding context
And…
Adoption is hard!(People are weird!)
Something different…
KanbanMethod
WAIT!!
kanban?
kanban system?
Kanban Method?
The Kanban Method is…
…an approach to incremental, evolutionary process change for organizations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)
Kanban Method
So Why The Kanban Method• Designed to…
• Be context sensitive• Foster organizational learning• Be evolutionary
• Simple rules to govern complex systems• Teams of people are systems
• Agile methods can emerge• Fully embraces Agile Manifesto
• Lean methods can emerge• Fully embraces Lean Software
Development Principles
• Tactic-agnostic
• Catalyst for organizational improvement
kaizen
To make better
Kanban Method
… and it’s easy to get started
Kanban Method
agile
lean
• 4 principles• 6 practices
Kanban Method Principles
start with what you do now
agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles
encourage acts of leadership
6 CORE PRACTICES
visualize
limit WIP
manage flow
make process policies
explicit
develop feedback mechanisms
improve collaboratively
Visualize
Limit WIP
Manage Flow
Make Process Policies Explicit
Explicit Policies
Explicit Policies
Develop Feedback Mechanisms
Improve Collaboratively with Science!
WARNING!
“Kanban is an unapologetic, realistic, representation of the law of physics.“
– Daniel Vacanti @danvacanti
WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS?
To create a LEARNING capability in our organization that enables CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT!
We must…• Have time to discover and implement kaizen
opportunities• Create theories and experiment • Give ourselves opportunities to fail • Learn from your mistakes
The Benefits I’ve Seen
Benefits of Agile plus…
• Deeper understanding of demand and capacity
• Constantly improving teams• Exposed Constraints at
multiple levels
Happy People
Better Teams = Better Business
• Predictability• Agility• Risk Management• Governance• Change Management
Solutions Are Just Waiting to be Discovered
• Work is understood!• Designed to understand demand• Discover capacity• People improve the
system
• People are engaged!• Empowered• Own the improvements• Pull work
• Solving Our Problem• Our processes are
important• Learning-focused
approach
X
Myths About Kanban
X
XX
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X
Myth #1
Kanban Method is an Agile Methodology
Myth #2
Kanban Method competes directly with Scrum
Myth #3
Kanban doesn’t have iterations
Myth #4
Kanban works for Dev Ops, not for projects
Myth #4
Kanban is a mini-waterfall methodology
X
How You Can Get Here
X
XX
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Where to Start
1. Find a Leader2. Get Foundational
Knowledge3. Visualize Your Work4. Limit your WIP5. Focus on HIGH Quality
Call to Action
• Engage• Attend our Accredited Core Kanban class with or
without our Visual Studio day• Reach out to Dave
• @agileramblings or [email protected]
• Join the Community!• Lean-Kanban University• Lean Kanban North America 2013 in Chicago!• kanbandev group (Yahoo)• Limited WIP Society or your local Kanban User Group
Imaginet’s New Visual Studio 2012 Website!
Visit Imaginet’s new Visual Studio 2012 website, your one-stop hub for all your Visual Studio 2012 needs!
http://visualstudio.imaginet.com
Thank you
http://www.imaginet.comhttp://visualstudio.imaginet.com
http://www.leankanbanuniversity.com
twitter: @justimaginet
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