The document discusses creating end-to-end flow in project organizations through lean-kanban principles. It describes TeamProsource as offering 360-degree diagnostics and improvements to accelerate the flow of projects and services through competence training, coaching, and flexible staffing of resources. The document outlines how lean-kanban principles can be applied to both the discovery and delivery phases of projects to ensure minimal options, limit work-in-progress, and pull of work through the process.

1. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
From idea to implementation
Creating d t
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in
project organisations
Lean-Kanban Europe
Antwerpen, September 2010
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Accelerated projects and services flow through 360°improvement
360°diagnostic and
improvement to accelerate
the flow of projects and services
A competence improvement
platform,
platform including public training
training,
in-company training programmes,
and coaching
Flexible staffing of highly skilled
resources with quality guarantee
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2. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
Accelerated projects and services flow through 360°improvement
Let s
Let's enter into a
dialogue, shall we?
TeamProsourceEU
TeamProsource LinkedIn company page
TeamProsource LinkedIn group
ProsourceAcademy LinkedIn group
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Lange wapper
(aka Osterweel verbinding)
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3. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
From idea to implementation
discovery delivery
Understand what to deliver Deliver according commitment
Business Engineering
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Feedback and feed forward
discovery delivery
Understand what to deliver Deliver according commitment
Misinformed commitment
Failure load
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Flow
discovery delivery
Understand what to deliver Deliver according commitment
FLOW
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Even bigger feedback loops
discovery delivery
Understand what to deliver Deliver according commitment
FLOW
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5. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
End-to-end flow
discovery delivery
Understand what to deliver Deliver according commitment
FLOW
FLOW
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… linearly or iteratively
Linear Iterative
• The user is engaged at the • The user is continuously involved in
beginning and at the end the project
• The needs are discovered at the • The needs are discovered
start and the results of the project incrementally and project results are
are delivered at the end also delivered incrementally
• Benefits are realised (long) after the • Benefits are realised incrementally
project has ended during the project
Implementation Discovery
Implement
Discovery Strategy Delivery
ation
Delivery Strategy
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One size fits all … or not?
Every project is unique …
… but some are more
unique than others!
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End-to-end
kanban so that
projects flow
through the
organisation
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Delivery starts with an informed commitment
• The supplier shall
provide that all of
user data is to be
recoverable to within
one working day,
with 99.9 percent
p
reliability.
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… rapidly converges
Inspiration.: http://Alistair.Cockburn.us
Knowledge growing Business value growing
(risk reduction)
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8. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
…by eliminating risks and options
Step-wise refinement allows you to
move from vague idea to realization
eliminating risks and options as
you go.
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This has led to kanban for delivery
• Value stream of
products in different
stages of
development
• Limit work-in-
progress
• Pull of work Pull of work through
WIP constraints
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9. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
Delivery kanban
WIP Limit
Training 2 2 1
Proposals
Scope Elaborate Realize Done
pull pull pull
Scope Elaborate Training
content content delivery
package
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Discovery generates options
Discovery prepares informed
commitment by generating options.
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10. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
…finding what you are not looking for
Ref.: Front End of Innovation, Peter A. Koen, Ph.D.
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Serendipity can be shaped
Serendipity can
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Be prepared to scale fast
Pivot point
Delivers nearly
no knowledge
(or risk reduction)
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Requirements for a kanban for discovery
• Reliably produces (high value) options
– Requisite variety of options to start with
– Manage the cost of failure
• Value stream with
– many low effort options at the start
– Few high effort options at the end
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12. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
Training discovery kanban
Minimal options
p
Training 5 2 1
ideas
Speculate Explore Adapt Done
Cancel
pull pull
Customer Market Full
validation probe marketing
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Training discovery kanban
Minimal options
p
Training 5 2 1
ideas Visualize workflow
option flow
Speculate Explore Adapt Done
Ensure minimal options
Limit work in progress
Measure & manage flow
Make process policies explicitCancel
pull pull
Use models to recognize improvement
Customer Market Full
validation opportunities
probe marketing
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13. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
Reflection
• Avoid
– Discovery = brainstorming
– Under pressure generate more options
– Being to tied up in long shot opportunities
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End-to-end flow
discovery
y delivery
y
• Value stream of • Value stream of
options products
• Ensure minimal • Limit work-in-
options progress
• Pull of options • Pull of work
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14. Lean-Kanban Europe 2010 End-to-end flow
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