Utilizing Flow, Pull, and Kanban Thinking
- 1. Click to edit Master title styleMile High Agile 2017 VISS frank.vega@vissinc.com www.vissinc.com Vega Information System Services, Inc. Lean-agile Principles, Flow-based Metrics, Kanban Method, XP Practices image via google search Utilizing Flow, Pull, and Kanban “thinking”
- 2. Click to edit Master title styleWho Am I? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 2 Agile Denver Kanban SIG • More info: LinkedIn / www.vissinc.com • 30+ years in IT/IS • 15-ish as employee (various roles) • 15-ish self-employed (development, coaching) • Lean-agile, Flow-based metrics/probabilistic forecasting, Kanban Method, XP • LKNA (2009-2017), KLR (North America), KCP • Agile Denver, Agile Denver Kanban SIG • ProbabilityManagement.org
- 3. Click to edit Master title styleWho Are You? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 4 IT/IS? Non-IT/IS New to agile? New to lean? New to kanban (pull)? Team role? Who are you?
- 4. Click to edit Master title styleOverview May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 5 No prescription No silver bullet Influencing your thinking… Goal
- 5. Click to edit Master title styleOverview May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 6 The Plan Some Historical Context Three Key “kanban” Definitions Three Common “kanban” Myths Pull (vs Push) Fundamental Element of Pull Simple Ways to Utilize Flow, Pull, & Kanban “Thinking” Wrap-up & Questions
- 6. Click to edit Master title styleHistorical Foundations May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 7 LeanProduction.com
- 7. Click to edit Master title styleKanban – Signal (kan) Board (ban) May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 8 Signboard or Visual Card Karl Scotland
- 8. Click to edit Master title styleKanban – Pull System May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 9 Push System Station 1 Pull System = Information Flow = Material Flow Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4
- 9. Click to edit Master title styleKanban – Pull System May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 10 Pull Systems - CONWIP Analyze Pull Systems - Kanban = Information Flow = Material Flow Design Code Test Analyze Design Code Test
- 10. Click to edit Master title styleKanban Method May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 11 image via google search
- 11. Click to edit Master title styleKanban Method May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 12 Foundational Principles Start where you’re at now Initially, respect current process roles, titles, responsibilities Improve continuously, incrementally, evolutionary Encourage leadership at all levels
- 12. Click to edit Master title styleKanban Method May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 13 Core Properties Visualize Your Workflow Limit WIP Make Policies Explicit Improve Collaboratively, Evolve Experimentally (Models/Scientific Method) Develop & Implement Feedback Loops Measure & Manage Flow
- 13. Click to edit Master title styleKey Takeaway May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 14 2nd Generation “Learn” Thinking Starts with è Commitments to develop a è Schedule seeking reliable è Predictability Starts with è Predictability to develop a è Schedule seeking reliable è Commitments Poppendieck
- 14. Click to edit Master title styleWhat is a Myth? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 15 Myth (n): invented story, idea, or concept; widely held but false belief or idea
- 15. Click to edit Master title styleSoftware Development Method? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 16 Maybe your first glance at it looked like… But if it doesn’t walk, quack, or fly like a… It isn’t a… It doesn’t replace your…
- 16. Click to edit Master title styleSoftware Development Method? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 17 Maybe your first glance at it looked like… But if it doesn’t walk, quack, or fly like a… It isn’t a… It doesn’t replace your…
- 17. Click to edit Master title styleJust Scrum With Tweaks? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 18 It’s just Scrum without… Timeboxes… Iterations… Estimation…
- 18. Click to edit Master title styleJust Scrum With Tweaks? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 19 It’s just Scrum without… Timeboxes… Iterations… Estimation…
- 19. Click to edit Master title styleBest Suited For…? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 20 It’s best suited for… Command & Control… Complicated… Operations… Experienced…
- 20. Click to edit Master title styleBest Suited For…? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 21 It’s best suited for… Command & Control… Complicated… Operations…
- 21. Click to edit Master title styleKey Takeaway May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 22 “Don’t let myths and misconceptions about the Kanban Method limit your unique learning of what it is and how it is applied!”
- 22. Click to edit Master title styleWork in Progress (WIP) Limits May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 23 image via google search
- 23. Click to edit Master title style Arrivals Aligned With Departures TimeBA C CFDs and Little’s Law May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 24 Dan Vacanti Cumulative Quantity A “predictable” context for effectively planning or validating change?Steady WIP Steady Approx Avg Lead Time
- 24. Click to edit Master title styleCFDs and Little’s Law May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 25 Dan Vacanti WIP Approx Avg Lead Time Arrivals Exceeding Departures Little’s Law assumptions met? No A “predictable” context for effectively planning or validating change? No BA C Time Cumulative Quantity
- 25. Click to edit Master title styleKey Takeaway May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 26 WIP Limit= team size / 2 Pull in the Real-world - What Stands Out Here?
- 26. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 27 Start Simple, Think… Stop Starting, Start Stopping also known as… Stop Starting, Start Finishing
- 27. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 28 Look Familiar?
- 28. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 29 Before pulling new work…. Look Right (Downstream) Look Up (Forward) Look Left (Upstream)
- 29. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 30 After a Simple Small Change in Thinking
- 30. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 31 Start Simple, Think… Just-in-Time and… Decoupling
- 31. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 32 Once Upon a Time… We were doing Scrum… then we tried kanban. Then went back to Scrum… Oh, really. Why? Well,…and then,… but now we’re thinking… because…
- 32. Click to edit Master title styleIntroducing Pull, Flow, Kanban Thinking May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 33 Once Upon a Time… Hmmm, that sounds interesting…planning smaller batches…more JIT… some planning decoupled from sprint boundary…a little “limiting WIP” in there too. Sounds good to me! So, why did you call me?
- 33. Click to edit Master title styleKey Takeaway May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 34 Start Simple, Think… Team… Pairing… Swarming… Collaboration… Systems Thinking…
- 34. Click to edit Master title styleFinishing With Important “Stuff” May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 35 Hmmm, thinking is still required.
- 35. Click to edit Master title styleKey Takeaway May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 36 Thinking is still required.
- 36. Click to edit Master title styleWho’s Influencing Your Thinking? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 37 To manage a system effectively… …focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately… …seek to improve a part of a system only if it simultaneously improves the overall performance of the system as a “whole.”
- 37. Click to edit Master title styleWho’s Influencing Your Thinking? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 38 “Changing people’s thinking is the key point of leverage and the first challenge of any transformation journey.” Barlow, Parry, Faulkner (Sense and Respond)
- 38. Click to edit Master title styleWho’s Influencing Your Thinking? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 39 Transformation happens here Theory Principles Thinking Design Operations Behavior Culture Performance Theory to Performance Model
- 39. Click to edit Master title styleWho’s Influencing Your Thinking? May 2017 Vega Information System Services, Inc. © Do Not Reproduce 40 “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking” Albert Einstein