Kanban

Kanban in a nutshell (Visualize, WIP, Measure)

· Visualize the workflow - Split the work into pieces, write each item on a card and put on the wall, use named columns

· Limit WIP (work in progress) – assign explicit limits to how many items may be in progress at each workflow state.

· Measure the lead time (average time to complete one item, sometimes called “cycle time”), optimize the process to make lead time small and predictable.

Quick intro

- Kanban oversimplified,

- David Anderson. http://www.djaa.com/kanban-alternative-path-agility

- RefCard : http://cdn.dzone.com/sites/all/files/refcardz/rc109-010d-kanban_8.pdf

- A4 tje over Scrum& Kanban http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddaclarke/8000743812/in/pool-1253373@N20/lightbox/

Books

- https://kanbanery.com/ebook/GettingStartedWithKanban.pdf

- http://www.crisp.se/file-uploads/Kanban-vs-Scrum.pdf

- http://www.infoq.com/resource/minibooks/kanban-scrum-minibook/en/pdf/KanbanAndScrumInfoQVersionFINAL.pdf

Presentations

- Kanban basics: http://www.slideshare.net/pawelbrodzinski/kanban-basics-5834758

- ScrumBan: http://www.slideshare.net/dimka5/scrum-vs-scrumban-8728461

- ScrumBan - http://www.agileproductdesign.com/presentations/index.html

- ScrumBan Short - http://www.slideshare.net/n_ramrakhyani/scrumban-pechakucha

- ScrumFun - http://www.agileproductdesign.com/downloads/patton_embrace_uncertainty_optimized.ppt

- Kanban Flows - http://leanandkanban.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/pulling-value-lean-and-kanban.pdf

- Kanban Elephant - http://www.slideshare.net/jsonnevelt/kanban-dealing-with-the-elephant-in-the-room-one-chunk-at-a-time

- Personal Kanban: http://www.slideshare.net/ourfounder/personal-kanban-101?from_search=2

- Spirit of Kanban: http://www.slideshare.net/gordycloke/spirit-of-kanban

- Fragile to Agile with Kanban: http://www.slideshare.net/mgaewsj/how-fragile-we-are

Take-away points for learning Agile tools:

- Know your goal - Hint: Agile/Lean/Kanban/Scrum isn’t it.

- Never blame the tool - Tools don’t fail or succeed. People do. There is no good/bad tool. Only decisions about when, where, how, and why to use which tool.

- Don’t limit yourself to one tool - Learn as many as possible. Compare for understanding, not judgement.

- Experiment & enjoy the ride - Don’t worry about getting it right from start; you won’t. The only real failure is the failure to learn from failure.

Various

- Kanban vs Scrum (article)

- Scrum checklist

- http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com

- One day in Kanban Land (cartoon)

- Cause-effect diagrams – a pragmatic approach to root-cause analysis (article)

- Games: http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/games , https://xtinaq.wiki.zoho.com/

- Whiteboards: http://prezi.com/lc_uw1n3n_kq/the-smurfs-whiteboard/, http://pinterest.com/twstudios/bestcardwall/

- Tools: http://kanbanize.com/, http://www.kanbanery.com, http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/tools