My story about how our Kanban knowledge and understaing evolved and improved in two years.

4. KANBAN

5. KANBAN

6. KANBAN – HUH?
„Kanban is an approach to change management. It
isn’t a software development or project
management lifecycle or process.”
David Anderson
Rules:
• Visualize the workflow
• Limit work in progress (WIP)
• Manage the Flow
• Make Process Policies Explicit
• Improve Collaboratively

7. Visualize the
workflow
To Do Ongoing Done

8. Limit WIP
To Do Ongoing Done
3

9. Priorities
To Do Ongoing Done
3

10. Backlog
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
B

11. The Pull Rule
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
B
JD
LK
MJ

12. The Pull Rule
Testing 2 Deploy-
Backlog To Do Development 3 Done
ment
2 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done 3
G D J B E
PS
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I
JD
MJ

13. BUS FACTOR = 1
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14. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
MJ
F B
Y
JD

15. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
MJ
F B Y
JD

16. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
MJ
F
B
JD
Y

17. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
MJ
F
B
JD
Y

18. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
MJ
F
B
JD
Y

19. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F MJ
B
JD
Y

20. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
B
JD
Y

21. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
B
JD
Y

22. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
B
JD
Y

23. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
B
JD
Y

24. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
JD
B
Y

25. Eliminating bus factor
Backlog To Do Ongoing Done
2 3
F
MJ
JD
B
Y
COLLECTIVE CODE
OWNERSHIP

26. ODD ONE OUT…
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27. Something is wrong
Backlog To Do Development 8 Testing 4 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
G F
PL
E
D K
I PB
MJ DD

28. Something is wrong
Backlog To Do Development 8 Testing 4 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
G F
PL
E
D K
I PB
MJ DD

29. Something is wrong
Backlog To Do Development 8 Testing 4 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
G F
JD
PL
E
D K
I PB
MJ DD

30. Something is wrong
Backlog To Do Development 8 Testing 4 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
G F
JD
PL
E
D K
I PB
MJ DD

31. Visualize the
workflow
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD MJ
E
JD

32. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD MJ
E
JD
TESTING

33. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD PB MJ
E
JD

34. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD PB MJ
E
JD

35. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD PB MJ
E
JD

36. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD PB MJ
E
JD

37. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD MJ
PB E
E
JD

38. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD MJ
PB E
E
JD

39. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ JD MJ
PB
E

40. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ MJ
PB PB
E

41. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 4 UAT Done
4 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ
PB
E

42. Backlog
To Do Development 4 UAT Done
Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
8
D T D D
T T
L: N: S:
Wow! Second person is Bugs fixed. I’m waiting Hey! I shouldn’t be
here. This means I’m under for the re-testing. here at all. If
tests :] internal tests passed
and the client has
finished testing as
well I should go
directly to Done.
D T Go! Go! Go!
D T
P:
M: Only some of the
Oooo! Tests are done and bugs were fix.
we need a developer to Developers should
resolve some bugs. perform better next
time.
D T D
T
M:
R:
Ok. Developer is fixing the
Yupi! No internal bugs.
bugs… (The order of the
Waiting what will the
cards is important.)
client say.

43. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 8 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ
PB E

44. Different approach
Backlog To Do Development 8 UAT Done
8 Ongoing Done Ongoing Done
F G I Z
MJ
PB E
REFLECT
TESTING
THE REALITY

46. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/183842413_271f9a1a86_z.jpg
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

47. METRICS, MEASURES, DATA

48. PUSH THE LIMITS

50. UNDERSTAND THE RULES

51. FOLLOW THE RULES

52. BE HONEST

53. WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME

54. LITTLE THINGS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

55. KANBAN IS LIKE COOKING