How can we improve the test team efficiency with Kanban. This presentation illustrates when you can use kanban and how you benefit from it. Learn the lean princibles, set up a board and get going

1. Increase Your Team’s Efficiency
Derk-Jan de Grood
STAREast 2013
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2. Goal
Show you how kanban can benefit you in:
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Getting testing out of crumple zone
Increasing the efficiency of your team
Better team
Increasing visibility
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3. Kanban
A brief introduction

4. Kanban
Kanban is a method for managing
workflows and has a strong focus on
reducing waste and maximizing value
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5. Characteristics
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6. TOC
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8. Principles
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9. Testing for business benefit
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10. When bother?
four situations
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11. Traditional organization
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12. Maintenance department
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13. Test Center of Excellence
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14. SCRUM
Project
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15. Why bother…
Trends that make kanban interesting
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16. Mobile
v
Geographic
Security
Knowledge Base
Virtualization
Embedded
Interfaces
Big Data
Test Automation
Emulating
Back-end Virtualization
Continues Integration
Devices
Infrastructure
Cloud

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19. Our test team is
involved in the following
activities

20. How do you keep
track of activities,
make sure nothing
is forgotten and
they are handled
efficiently and with
right priority
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21. Benefits

22. Insight in
competences
From
reactive to
steady
flow
Testing out of
crumple zone
Benefits
Increase
efficiency
Better cooperation
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23. The board
How to organize kanban flow

24. KanBan
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25. Challenges
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26. How big should your work-item be?
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27. Preparation. Before you start !
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28. Preparation. Before you start !
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29. A simple board
kanbantool.com
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30. Add swimming lanes
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31. Add columns

32. The cards
kanbantool.com
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33. Who does ….
what?

34. This works stimulating
and makes teams
perform better and
have more fun

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37. Factsheet
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38. Wrap-up
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39. Wrap-up
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40. Derk-Jan
Valori
Coltbaan 4a
3439 NG NIEUWEGEIN
The Netherlands
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derkjandegrood@valori.nl
+31(0)651807878
www.valori.nl
@DerkJanDeGrood
http://djdegrood.wordpress.com
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