Kanban in 5 minutes: measure and manage flow
•
1 like•2,678 views
This document provides a high-level overview of Kanban in 3 sentences or less: Kanban is a method for managing and improving workflows through visualizing and measuring flow, limiting work-in-progress, and making process policies explicit. The core principles of Kanban involve visualizing the workflow, measuring and managing flow, and continuously improving the process collaboratively using models and the scientific method. The goal of Kanban is to find and reduce waiting time and repetition in order to improve productivity and throughput.
![Before saying anything:
"I promise not to exclude from consideration any idea based on its source,
but to consider ideas across schools and heritages in order to find the
ones that best suit the current situation." [1]
This means the end of statements like “That’s no good – it’s not
agile / object-oriented / pure / etc…”, but rather a discussion
about whether an idea (agile or plan-driven or impure or
whatever) works well in the conditions of the moment.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Recommended
More Related Content
Similar to Kanban in 5 minutes: measure and manage flow
Similar to Kanban in 5 minutes: measure and manage flow (20)
More from Zsolt Fabok
More from Zsolt Fabok (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Kanban in 5 minutes: measure and manage flow
- 1. Kanban in 5 minutes measure and manage flow kaizen WIP kaikaku flow value stream mapping visualize work flow cycle time lead time throughput TPS build failed CFD created by Zsolt Fabók (me@zsoltfabok.com) August 3, 2011 @ Bp New Tech Meetup
- 2. Before saying anything: "I promise not to exclude from consideration any idea based on its source, but to consider ideas across schools and heritages in order to find the ones that best suit the current situation." [1] This means the end of statements like “That’s no good – it’s not agile / object-oriented / pure / etc…”, but rather a discussion about whether an idea (agile or plan-driven or impure or whatever) works well in the conditions of the moment.
- 3. Kanban is a method for development with a set of principles. Kanban ○ doesn't exist alone ○ requires an existing process or or + or
- 4. The core principles of Kanban visualize the workflow measure and manage flow improve collaboratively (using models & the limit the scientific method) work in progress (WIP) make process policies explicit
- 5. The feedback is the key for better products, not the method... ...more precisely: faster feedback
- 6. Measure and manage flow Spent time + or Age waiting effective work cycle time (repetition!) lead time
- 7. The goal is... ...to find the reason behind ...and to reduce and/or waiting and repetition... manage it hamster effect wrong * delivery cadence Little's law prioritisation weekend rush batching cost of delay defects slow builds manual prioritisation MMF task oriented builds dependencies late dynamic daily stand up integration no prioritisation mark cadence context ageing service level agreement switching changing avatars explicit definition of missing requirements done criteria delivery strategy * smaller fonts indicate common or already discussed issues
- 8. Thank you very much for your attention! For more Kanban-related topics, check out my website: http://zsoltfabok.com/ or follow me on twitter: @ZsoltFabok
- 9. Related articles: ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2011/06/kanban-basics/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2011/07/physical-and-electronic-boards/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2010/06/more-kanban-numbers/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2010/09/never-move-items-back/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2010/09/ageing-items-on-the-board/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2010/12/daily-stand-up-variations/ ● http://www.zsoltfabok.com/blog/2011/01/visualize-wf-dod/