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Kanban for Beginners
LimitedWiPSociety Melbourne
September 2018
Daniel Ploeg is an experienced leader in
Agile Software Delivery and Product
Development. Daniel helps organisations
unleash their own potential by facilitating
new and innovative ways of thinking and
working.
Accredited Kanban Trainer
Kanban Coaching Profesional
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
About Me
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Kanban
Kanban is a management method for:
• Directly improving service delivery
• Catalyzing improvements
• Evolving your business to be fit for your
customers purpose(s)
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Kanban – Evolutionary Change
• Start with what you do now (respect current roles and
processes - initially)
• Gain agreement to pursue improvement through
evolutionary change
• Encourage acts of leadership at all levels
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Kanban Practices
• Visualise
• Limit WiP
• Manage Flow
• Make Policies Explicit
• Feedback Loops
• Improve and Evolve
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Visualise
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
H E
C A
I
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
GY
PB
DE
MN
3
2 1
2
P1
B
AB
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Visualise
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
E
C A
H
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
GY
PB
DE
MN
3
2 1
2
P1
B
AB
Who is
working on it
Whole value
stream
WiP Limits
I
Different
work type
Different class
of service
Policies
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Visualise
• Modify the boards and cards to suit your
context. There is no such thing as a
“Standard” design.
• Put the data up near the boards
• Boards can be physical or electronic
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
By Avatar
Limit WiP
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
H E
C A
I
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
PB
DE
MN
B
PB
Max 2 per
person
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Swimlanes
Limit WiP
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
H
E
C
A
I
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
PBDE
MN
B
PB
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Virtual
Limit WiP
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
H
EC A
I
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
PBDE
MN
B
PB
3
2 1
2
Must deploy
ticket B before
pulling ticket C
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Manage Flow
• Seeing and removing bottlenecks
• Is there a balance of input and output?
• Are we balancing our risk correctly?
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
System Lead Time
What is Lead Time?
System Lead Time
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
H
EC A
I
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G
D
GY
PBDE
MN
P1
B
PB
3
2 ∞
2
System Lead Time –
From time it is pulled
system of work, until it
first unbound queue
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Manage Flow
Too much red
means we
have too
much WiP –
restrict input
flow
Too much
green means
the team will
run out of
work –
increase input
flow
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Manage Flow
Is the flow
volume
regular or
sporadic?
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Manage Flow - Risk
• Use Class of Service to ensure you are
balancing competing risks
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Explicit Policies
Ongoing
DoneBacklog
F
E
C A
H
DevelopmentTo Do Testing Deploy-
ment
Done Ongoing Done
G D
GY
PB
DE
MN
3
2 1
2
P1
B
AB
I
Policies
Dev Done Means…
1.
2.
3.
4. Policies
Explicit
Policies -
visible to all
Downstream
processes
help define
what is
needed
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Feedback Loops
Service Delivery
Review
Kanban
Meeting
Delivery
Planning
Replenishment
Operations
Review
Risk Review(s)
Strategy
Review
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Improve and Evolve
• Continuous improvement by teams
(Kaizen)
• Occasionally, to remove larger system
bottlenecks manager intervention is
required (Kaikaku).
• Improvements occur through feedback
loops
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Ship Building Simulation
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Thank you!
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Further Information
Title Author URL
Essential Kanban Condensed David J Anderson and
Andy Carmichael
http://leankanban.com/guide
Personal Kanban Tonianne DeMaria
Barry and Jim Benson
https://www.amazon.com/Personal-
Kanban-Mapping-Work-Navigating-
ebook/dp/B004R1Q642
Kanban (the “Blue” book) David J Anderson https://www.amazon.com/Kanban-
David-J-Anderson-
ebook/dp/B0057H2M70
The Scrumban (R)Evolution Ajay Reddy https://www.amazon.com/Scrumban-
Evolution-Getting-Software-
Development-ebook/dp/B010TQKZ5E
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Learning More
Kanban System Design
November 29-30
Register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kanban-system-design-tickets-42805832397
www.evogility.com.au @danploegdploeg@evogility.com.au
Learning More
Kanban Management Professional
January 21-22
Register:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/kanban-management-professional-tickets-50114356389

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