My presentation from AceConf13.

1. Kanban. Remember why?

2. Jasper Sonnevelt

3. “Who uses some form of
agile (method)?”

4. “Do you still know why
you started using „X'?”

5. We use Kanban because…
“We want to improve
Scrum because we have a
lot of ad-hoc work”
“Kanban helps us to
reduce multitasking”
“To see how we are
spending our time ”

6. Energy goes UP
When starting

7. Energy goes UP
Plenty of improvements
When starting

8. Energy goes UP
Plenty of improvements
Lots of conversations and feedback
When starting

9. “How did you choose
you agile flavor?”

10. Why
How
What
“The golden circle”
All successful
leaders, teams,
organizations
Act, think and
communicate in the
exact same way
Simon Sinek – Start with why

11. Why
How
What
“The golden circle”
Product / solution
Simon Sinek – Start with why

12. Why
How
What
“The golden circle”
Process / USP
Product / solution
Simon Sinek – Start with why

13. Why
How
What
“The golden circle”
Motivation/purpose
Process / USP
Product / solution
Simon Sinek – Start with why

14. You have options!
WHY HOW WHAT

15. Lets imagine a team of
developers…

16. Simon Sinek – Start with why
“We want to:
– Reduce stress
– Have a happy customer
– Be transparent”
Why
How
What
Motivation/purpose

17. Why
How
What
“We think we can do this by:
– Getting a grip on ad-hoc
work
– Involving our customer
– Making small changes in
our process
– (implement Kanban)”
Process / USP
Simon Sinek – Start with why

18. “To do so we will:
– Put up a board
–Stand-ups and retrospectives
– Work at our clients office
frequently
– Limit our WiP”
Why
How
What
Product
Simon Sinek – Start with why

19. One of the reasons why
copying a workprocess
doesn‟t work!

20. Next Intake Dev Test Done
Visualize a status to make
sure customer is involved
and work is acually ready
to start
Implications for
design decisions

21. Next Intake Dev Test Done
Add extra swimlanes to
manage risk
Implications for
design decisions

22. Implications for
much more…
Location
Process Policies
Metrics

23. “So did you go inside
out? Or outside in?”

24. Kanban has this
Start with what you do now
Agree to pursue incremental
evolutionary change

25. Fast forward a year….

26. Results
Effort
…the results are good,
but the effort it takes
goes down.
Its like…

27. It feels like…
…we have “stuff” in the
system that makes NO
sense…

28. Energy Stable
Not that many
improvements
Lots of conversations
and feedback

29. “Don‟t worry about it…
We‟re still doing fine!”

30. “Why are you using Kanban?”
– “We want to keep a grip on ad-hoc work
– Involve our customer
– Make small changes in our process
– (implement Kanban)”

31. You now have LESS options!
WHY HOW WHAT

32. You now have LESS options!
WHY HOW WHAT
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33. The 3 questions…
1) What did you do yesterday?
Still working on A and
got interupted to help
with X

34. The 3 questions…
Continue to work on
A. Shouldn‟t be long
now
1) What did you do yesterday?
2) What will you do today?

35. 1) What did you do yesterday?
2) What will you do today?
3) Are there impediments in your
way?
The 3 questions…
Nope…

36. The 4th question…
4) When will it be ready?
Ehhh…

37. Does it work?
External motivation
Short term results
Sustainable

38. Every day improvement…
Improvements
Problem ………….
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem

39. Every day improvement…
Improvements
Problem ………….
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem

40. Does it work?
External motivation
Short term results
Sustainable

41. Visualize the Why
“We want to….”

42. Does it work?
External motivation
Short term results
Sustainable

43. Time limit policies

44. Get somebody from the outside
What is
this for?
Coaches
People from other teams

45. Tips from the audience
• Have a retrospective where all policies
are rated (get rid of / keep / Add)
• Add stickies with “how is this useful
for you”
• Thanks to: Karol Traczykowski

46. Thank you