Agile Tour Delhi NCR2014 - Kanban Game presentation

1. LET’S MAKE SOME
PIZZAS....
Sudipta Lahiri Digite
(swiftkanban.com)
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2. About me
 25 years in the industry
 Agile/Lean practitioner (75%)
Development of SwiftKanban and
SwiftALM products
Lean implementations of our products
 Agile/Lean Coach (25%)
 Run the LimitedWIP Societies in India
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3. This game designed by...
 www.agile42.com
 Adapted for our time available and
environment...
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4. Objectives:
 Define a menu for your team;
stick them on the wall
We like variety!
 Pizzas must be baked for 1
min...
Don’t take them out early! We
like them cooked well
You cannot open the oven in
the middle of the baking
(1min)
Set the over time with your
mobile
 Make a 1’ * 1’ rectangular
oven on your table with the
black chart paper strips
 Designate one member as
your score keeper and time
keeper
Score keeper: Track selected/
rejected/WIP pizzas at the
end of each round
 You are making pizza slices;
not a whole pizza and then
cutting them to slices
 We don’t tell you how much
time you have in each round!
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5. Your kit...
 You have the following kit on your table:
Instruction Sheet
White Sheets (50+ in each table) – (Pizza Base)
Scissors (3 nos)
Glue Stick (3 nos)
Red color chart paper (2 nos) - Pepperoni
Yellow color chart paper (2 nos) - Pineapple
Green color chart paper (2 nos) -Veggies
White color chart paper (2 nos) - Onion
Red color white board marker (2 nos) – Tomato Paste
Black color chart paper (3 nos) - Olives
Scotch Tape (2 nos)
Flip chart for each table
Black color white board marker (2nos)
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6. Arrange yourselves...
Time keeper
Score card keeper
Retrospective
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Tracker
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7. Round I:
 START:
We will ask you to stop at a “given” time
Once the round is completed, call two neighbours
from adjacent tables to see how many pizza
slices they like
 Each finished pizza: 5 points
Work In Progress Pizza: -2 points (waste)
 Tabulate your final score
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8.  Overview of 3 Kanban principles : 5min
Value Stream, WIP, Pull
 Plan what you will do next: 10 min
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9. Round II
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 START
We will tell you when to stop the iteration
Once the round is completed, tabulate like last
time
Do a retrospective for 5 min; tabulate on flip chart

10. Round III
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 START
We will tell you when to stop the iteration
Once the round is completed, tabulate like last
time
Do a retrospective for 5 min; tabulate on flip chart

11. What did you learn from the
game?
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12.  Reach me at:
@sudiptal
slahiri@digite.com
sudiptalahiri.wordpress.co
m
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Lets end with a session
retrospective...