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Kanban Boards step-by-step V0.5– beta
See all credits on next slide! by Giulio Roggero under CC 3.0 license
Normal Flow & WIP Urgencies Swarming People Sprint (a proposal)
Support team Personal Time drivenLinked Kanban Cross-functional teams
Scatter merge Program Lead TimePortfolio Examples

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Credits
V0.5 – beta
by Giulio Roggero – Creative Common 3.0 License – http://www.agilereloaded.it
Work inspired by great slides and posts written by:
• Joakim Sundén, Marcus Hammarberg and Christophe Achouiantz -
http://www.slideshare.net/marcusoftnet/kanbanboards
• Antonio Lucca - http://tonyxzt.blogspot.it/2011/09/measurment-is-quantitatively-expressed.html
• Claudio Perrone - http://www.slideshare.net/cperrone/a3-kaizen-heres-how
• Benjamin Mitchell - http://blog.benjaminm.net/2012/06/26/how-to-study-the-flow-or-work-with-kanban-cards/
• Gaetano Mazzanti - http://www.slideshare.net/mgaewsj/agile-in-the-bathtub
• David Anderson - http://agilemanagement.net/index.php/kanbanbook/
• Fabio Armani - http://www.slideshare.net/tangram77/scrumban-a-methodology-fusion-bettersoftware-2011
• Yuval Yeret - http://www.slideshare.net/yyeret/explaining-cumulative-flow-diagrams-cfd
Graphics elements by Emanuele Mantovani – http://www.intre.it
Great feedbacks by Fabio Armani, Gaetano Mazzanti, Marco Bresciani, Dario Giannoccaro, Stefano Leli, Fabio Ghislandi

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Let’s start from a task list …

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Todo

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… and add statuses

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Todo

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Todo In Progress

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Todo In Progress Done

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… add some process

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Todo In Progress Done

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Todo In Progress Done

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Todo DoneAnalYze

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY

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… and queues

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing

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Doing Done

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Doing Done Doing

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Doing Done Doing Done

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… and work-in-progress limits

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Doing Done Doing Done

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WIP LIMITS!

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Kanban step-by-step

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
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FLOW à

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Bottlenecks!

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Doing Done Doing Done
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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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WIP Limit of verify is 2! Complete one task before starting a new one…

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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STOP STARTING, START FINISHING!

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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Remove the bottleneck and the pull system restart the flow!

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Waitings!

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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NOTHING TO WORK ON, SPEED Up the analyze!

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Say ciao to team members!
Carlo
Elena
Marc Jean
Emma

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
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Elena completed the verification AND now WHAT ITEM SHE WILL TAKE?

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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SHE HELPS JEAN IF PAIRING reduce the time to complete the task

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Another solution if support to jean is not feasible

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ELENA WILL TAKE ANOTHer activity in queue

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ELENA and jean are free, how to take a new task?

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
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Take the most important TASK togheter to speed the flow

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OR …

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… work in parallel if working together is not effective

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… work in parallel if working together is not effective

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… work in parallel if working together is not effective

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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… work in parallel if working together is not effective

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Urgencies!

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Urgent

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Urgent
à This is a swim lane, max speed here! à

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent

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Urgent
3

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3

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More urgencies levels?

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Urgent

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Urgent
More levels of urgencies?

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URGENT
You can highlight urgencies moving them on the top

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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CRITICAL!
URGENT
And draw lanes with different priority

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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CRITICAL! 2
4URGENT
ADDing WIP LIMIT to each lane

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Hey guys here there is a problem!

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
2 3 2
Urgent
3

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Urgent
3
This work it’s not ok!

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Urgent
3

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Urgent
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Option 1 – add to work queue the blocking issue

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Urgent
3

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Option 2 – add to work urgent lane the blocking issue

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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Urgent
3 Option 3 - SWARMING! ALL on the bloCking issue!

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Limit team activities with avatars

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
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I’M Free! 2 TASKS x PERSON

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
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I’M Free! 2 TASKS x PERSONI’m working on other stuff

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I’M Free! 2 TASKS x PERSONI’m working on other stuffSICK
VACATION

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Forecasts

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5 days from hereà

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5 days from hereà
10 days from here à

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5 days from hereà
10 days from here à
Using historical data you can estimate the flow

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Planning

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THIS SPRINT
Add the sprint concept to plan the priority of todoS every week

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT
PLAN
Plan for the next sprint during current sprint

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THIS SPRINT
NEXT
PLAN Sprint completed, ready for next sprint

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Linked Kanban boards, Scrum example

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BACKLOG ACCEPTSELECTED WORK TEST
Doing Done READY OK
20 SP
TODO IN PROGR DONE
FREE - max 2 avatars x person
ß PROduct backlog
SPRINT backlog à

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BACKLOG ACCEPTSELECTED WORK TEST
Doing Done READY OK
20 SP
TODO IN PROGR DONE
ß STORIES
Tasks à
FREE - max 2 avatars x person

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BACKLOG ACCEPTSELECTED WORK TEST
Doing Done READY OK
20 SP
TODO IN PROGR DONE
STORY
FREE - max 2 avatars x person

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BACKLOG ACCEPTSELECTED WORK TEST
Doing Done READY OK
20 SP
TODO IN PROGR DONE
STORY
Related tasks
FREE - max 2 avatars x person

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BACKLOG ACCEPTSELECTED WORK TEST
Doing Done READY OK
20 SP
TODO IN PROGR DONE
FREE - max 2 avatars x person
Live sprint!

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Personal kanban board

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IDEAS doing DONE
320

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IDEAS faileddoing success
320

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IDEAS failedplanned doing success
8 320

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IDEAS failedplanned doing success
8 320
THIS MONTH

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IDEAS failedplanned doing success
8 320
THIS MONTH
NEXT MONTH

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Support Team kanban board

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tickets closeddoing resolved
320 8

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tickets closeddoing resolved
320 8
Urgent 3

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tickets closedplanned doing resolved
8 320
Urgent 3
8

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tickets closedplanned doing resolved
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Urgent 3
8
Today

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tickets closedplanned doing resolved
8 320
Urgent 3
8
Today
tomorrow

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tasks
bugs
change requests
new features

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tickets closedplanned doing resolved
8 320
Today
tomorrow
Urgent
8
Use colors for activities types

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tasks
bugs
change requests
new features
20%
20%
20%
40%
Limit mix of items types

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Cross-functional team kanban board

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
4 6 4

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done SW Done
4 6 4
SW – software devel!

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Done
4 6 4
FW – firmware devel!
FW
SW

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Done
4 6 4
HW – I build hardware!
FW
SW
HW

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Done
4 4
WIP limits per lane
FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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Scatter merge

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Doing Done Done
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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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This features is cross
FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1
Split the features in
Sw, fw and hw

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1

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SW 3
HW 1
Merge taks for the feature

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FW 2
SW 3
HW 1
Merge taks for the feature

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SW 3
HW 1
Merge taks for the feature

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SW 3
HW 1
Merge taks for the feature

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Time driven kanban board

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program
project
change requests
new features
sub-project

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backlog DONEquarters MONTH DOING
8 520
current
next
3
next
current
Strategy board

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Program kanban board

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Issues Team Backlog
with priorities
Todo this month
20
Free person
Person on other projects
Prj A
Prj B
Prj C
Prj D
Prj E
Blockers
Crtical
Two avatars per person
20
Devel Test Acceptance Released
Ready AcceptedIn prog Done
14
10
30
5
10

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Portfolio kanban boards

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IDEAS Brainstorming APPROVAL
10 5
Idea generation phase
OK
DISCARDED
SIZE & PRODUCT/SERVICE VISION
KPI to monitor after deploy
SIZING, VISION
& KPI
READY FOR FUNNEL
Innovation
bubbleS
4
Pre-funnel

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Funnel backlog APPROVAL
10
Business &
TECH
AnaLYSIS
7 5
OK
IN PROG DONE
DISCARDED
URGENCIES BACKLOG (WIP)
SIZED SIZED+
VISION
TEAM
READY
starting In prog UAT completed APPROVED &
Closed
IN
Prod
Idea generation implementation
5
deploy
URGENCIES in progress (WIP)
Operations BACKLOG (WIP) Operations in progress (WIP)
Innovation
bubble
incubators

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Lead time

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Lead time – end to end

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Lead time
Cycle time – working on…

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2
3 2
Lead time
Cycle time – working on…
WIP LIMIT

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Todo DoneAnalYze WoRK VERIFY
Doing Done Doing Done
2
3 2
Lead time
Cycle time – working on…
2 in verify!

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Draw them on cumulative flow diagram
Todo
In progress
Done

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Draw them on cumulative flow diagram
Todo
In progress
Done
Time à
Items

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Draw them on cumulative flow diagram
Todo
In progress
Done
Cycle time
WIP

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ß Cool first done!

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Real Examples

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Business
ideas
and
selec,on
Urgencies
Teams
Closing

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Pre-­‐Funnel
Funnel
Vision and T-Shirt Sizing Business Model, Business Case, Backlog, Devel, UAT, Deploy
Initiatives Gathering Initiatives Analysis and Implementation

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*http://trello.com

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Stay tuned for next versions:
• Portfolio kanban boards
• Prisoner metric
• Control Charts
• How-to reduce the WIP step-by-step from current situation to one-piece-flow
This is not the end …
… is just the begin of your journey!
Kanban is not only a board; Lean is not only Kanban.
Be courios, respect people and improve, always!

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