Introduction to getKanban v2.0: Lean Principles for Experiential Learners by Cheryl Hammond
Who loves sitting in a training room being lectured about agile? Yeah, me neither. There are lots of agile games, where experiential learners can get hands-on and explore the principles of Lean and agile at their own pace. What makes an agile game great? The right mix of accurate—staying true to the principles and practices it teaches—and engaging—giving students a reason to care about the outcome so they'll play (and learn) from the heart! In this session, we'll learn about one specific tried-and-tested great agile game. Using the free getKanban Version 2.0, we'll step through its game mechanics and review, in some detail, how each design decision helps to illustrate the fundamentals of Kanban. Along the way, we'll review a few key Lean principles and show how the game enlivens those lessons. When we're finished, you'll be ready to download the free getKanban game kit and play by yourself, or with your team, or even run your own big getKanban session with multiple play teams! This session covers the basics of getKanban Version 2.0 for new players, plus a review of limiting WIP, creating a pull system, and working in cross-functional teams. Experienced Kanban trainers and coaches can also learn some new techniques for facilitating the game. Learning Outcomes: * Understand the importance of learning styles when teaching agile * Recognize the ways getKanban illustrates real-world Kanban mechanics * Appreciate how limiting WIP is used in Kanban to create a pull system, and understand how T-shaped individuals help work flow * Learn how to facilitate a session of getKanban, including for large groups of multiple play teams
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Introduction to getKanban v2.0: Lean Principles for Experiential Learners by Cheryl Hammond
- 1. intro to getKanban v2.0
- 2. getKanban v2.0 lean principles for experiential learners Cheryl Hammond @bsktcase Northwest Cadence cheryl.hammond@nwcadence.com
- 3. agreements and asks @bsktcase #Agile2015 #getKanban Tweet your feedback and questions during and after and whenever http://sched.co/36QH Submit your feedback please please please http://github.com/bsktcase/getKanbanVersion2 Download the kit and play!
- 4. agenda Intro, logistics, agreements getKanban in context Hands-on with getKanban Lean principles illuminated by getKanban Close
- 5. me Cheryl Hammond 16+ years’ experience in software development, team leadership, and organizational transformation Passionate about agile, lean, and making software delivery humane; not afraid to look silly doing it From/in Seattle, the other Washington College (university) recruiter; traveler; bolonka lover; genealogist; feminist
- 8. why 2.0? It’s free, and our boss is cheap frugal We can create as many kits as we need for large classes Our clients can download their own copies, to play and share after Mods for portability Main board fits on a folded 11x17”/A3 Paper disposable vs. laminated reusable
- 9. it scales
- 10. our template 25% theory History & context Agile principles Lean principles 25% praxis Scrum basics Kanban basics 50% hands-on LEGO® Scrum getKanban v2.0
- 11. it’s fun
- 12. our favorite lean principles variability failure economics batch sizing wip queues (ToC)
- 13. it’s effective
- 14. let’s play*!
- 16. story cards Standard stories earn subscribers Don’t change the order of the stack “Fixed date” stories have special prize or penalty “Intangible” stories will earn a secret benefit later in the game Hand over your “expedited” story; you’ll get it back after Day 18
- 17. dice Red dice, or the color you have two of: Designers Blue dice, or a color you have three of: Developers Orange dice, or a color you have three of: Testers … but wait! Hand over one of your tester dice. You haven’t hired them yet. Dice represent people, and dice rolls represent the effort they perform. They score double if they are working in their own area of specialization. If they are helping out in another area, they score face value only.
- 18. principles
- 19. prioritization
- 20. competing priorities How do you decide relative value? Stories are measured very differently, and some are immeasurable! What choices are informed by priority? Whether to add a yellow, purple, or green card in the Ready column Which stories to move to the top of their column during the “daily standup” Of course, every story you move up, pushes other stories down Where to allocate resources (dice) each day
- 21. queues
- 22. queue patrol Where do you see queues on your board? How do you address queues? How hard is it to get rid of a queue once it’s formed? How expensive is it? Have you spotted the one worthless queue?
- 23. cycle time
- 24. your dice don’t earn subscribers What’s your average cycle time now? How much did that start to suck when you got those low-subscribers stories? What’s your best cycle time? How did you get it? Why isn’t every story as fast as your fastest story?
- 26. what’s the objective? effective in the class Engagement Fun Ideas Feedback effective back at work Actionable Applicable Resilient Lasting
- 27. the story card
- 28. wrap-up
- 29. agreements and asks @bsktcase #Agile2015 #getKanban Tweet your feedback and questions during and after and whenever http://sched.co/36QH Submit your feedback please please please http://github.com/bsktcase/getKanbanVersion2 Download the kit and play!
- 30. thank you! Cheryl Hammond @bsktcase Northwest Cadence cheryl.hammond@nwcadence.com
- 31. now go play!