Introducing Kanban through a 3-layered value system - a familiar core that's about driving change, a middle layer that is about direction and alignment, and a protective outer layer of discipline and working agreements. This model aligns Kanban with the concept of the Learning Organisation and suggests ways to seek resonances with other methods. It has some practical benefits too: it can help us engage more effectively with the organisation as it currently is; it encourages us to reflect on our effectiveness as agents of change; it provides a convenient framework for the capture of stories.
1. Kanban through its values:
agendas for change
Mike Burrows
@asplake
mike@djaa.com
positiveincline.com
meldstrong.com
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3. What is Kanban?
The Kanban method [1] is an
evolutionary approach to change
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4. What is Kanban?
Kanban is the humane,
“start with what you do now”
approach to change
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5. Kanban through nine values
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
Ÿ customer focus
Ÿ flow
Ÿ leadership
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6. Nine values, three agendas
A1
Organizational Change
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
A2
A3
Improvement
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
Service Transformation
Ÿ customer focus
Ÿ flow
Ÿ leadership
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7. A1
A2
A3
A1
Improvement
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
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8. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
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CP1: Visualize
CP4: Make policies explicit
CP5: Implement feedback loops
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9. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
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Make knowledge work visible, organize it
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10. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
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Self-organize around the work
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11. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
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Capture learning
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12. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
•
policies - local
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13. A1
A2
A3
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• transparency
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When priorities need to
change, inform the
people affected
policies - global
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14. A1
A2
A3
•
• transparency
•
120
100
On hold
80
Proposed
Prioritised
60
Ready for Dev
Dev
40
Testing
20
0
feedback loops: informed by data
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15. A1
A2
A3
•
• transparency
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feedback loops: involve people
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16. A1
A2
A3
•
• transparency
•
CP1: Visualize
CP4: Make policies explicit
CP5: Implement feedback loops
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17. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
•
CP2: Limit work-in-progress (WIP)
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18. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
•
4
Pull systems for knowledge work
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19. A1
A2
A3
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• balance
•
4
Pull systems for knowledge work
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20. A1
A2
A3
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• balance
•
4
Pull systems for knowledge work
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21. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
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demand vs capacity
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22. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
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urgency-driven vs date-driven
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23. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
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date-driven vs interrupt driven
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24. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
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short, medium & long term
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25. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
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delivery, improvement, experiment
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26. A1
A2
A3
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• balance
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customer, team, organization
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27. A1
A2
A3
•
• balance
•
CP2: Limit work-in-progress (WIP)
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28. A1
A2
A3
•
• collaboration
•
CP6: Improve collaboratively,
evolve experimentally
[using models [and the scientific method]]
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29. A1
A2
A3
•
• collaboration
•
creative relationships
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30. A1
A2
A3
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• collaboration
•
the means to solve problems…
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31. A1
A2
A3
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• collaboration
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…and an improvement focus
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32. A1
A2
A3
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• collaboration
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Models
Internal
External
How
things
work
✔
✔
How to
change
them
✔
✔
Build & borrow models
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33. A1
A2
A3
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• collaboration
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Plan
Act
Do
Check
Evolve experimentally
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34. A1
A2
A3
•
• collaboration
•
CP6: Improve collaboratively,
evolve experimentally
[using models [and the scientific method]]
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43. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
“Knowing what you’re delivering,
to whom, and why”
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44. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
Assure satisfaction
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45. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
Discover what will be needed
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46. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
Discover what will be needed
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47. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
Discover what will be needed
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48. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
Discover what will be needed
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49. A1
A2
A3
•
• customer
•
focus
...anticipating the mobility
needs of people and society
ahead of time
from The Toyota Promise
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62. A1
A2
A3
•
• leadership
•
FP4: Encourage acts of
leadership at all levels in your
organization –
from individual contributors to
senior management
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63. A1
A2
A3
•
• leadership
•
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64. A1
A2
A3
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
•
• leadership
•
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
Ÿ customer focus
Ÿ flow
Ÿ leadership
Small acts of leadership [13]
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65. A1
A2
A3
•
• leadership
•
1. What is the process?
2. How can we see that it is working?
3. How is it improving?
A leadership routine
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66. A1
A2
A3
•
• leadership
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FP4: Encourage acts of
leadership at all levels in your
organization –
from individual contributors to
senior management
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71. A1
A2
A3
Organizational Change
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
A3
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72. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
FP1: Start with what you do now
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73. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
FP1 (expanded):
Start with what you do now,
understanding [4]:
•
•
•
how it serves and frustrates the customer
how it works and fails to work for you
how it might be changed safely
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75. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
• Are we tampering? [5]
• Is it bravado? [6]
Questions of safety
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76. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
How much damage?
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77. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
Do we have the patience?
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78. A1
A2
A3
•
• understanding
•
FP1 (expanded):
Start with what you do now,
understanding [4]:
•
•
•
how it serves and frustrates the customer
how it works and fails to work for you
how it might be changed safely
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79. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
FP2: Agree to pursue
evolutionary change
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80. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
agreement from
vs
agreement between
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81. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
agreement in principle,
vs
agreement in practice
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82. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
Managers,
Higher Organization,
Corporate
Systems
Less this…
Customers
YOU
Peers,
Others
Impacted
Team
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83. A1
A2
A3
…more this:
•
• agreement
•
The
CustomersChange
Team
Team
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Peers,
Others
Impacted
84. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
Fitness
Rinse &
repeat:
Time
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85. A1
A2
A3
•
• agreement
•
FP2: Agree to pursue
evolutionary change
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86. A1
A2
A3
•
• respect
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FP3: Initially, respect current roles,
responsibilities & job titles
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87. A1
A2
A3
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• respect
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…the dream of an empowered, selforganizing, trusting, respectful
workplace…
…the dream of organizations that
deliver high quality and delight
customers with designs that empower
rather than frustrate…
…the dream of a workplace where
cycle times are so short that ideas are
turned into valuable functionality
when they are needed…
Yes we Kanban!
David J Anderson [14]
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88. A1
A2
A3
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
•
• respect
•
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
Ÿ customer focus
Ÿ flow
Ÿ leadership
Respect is a key test
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89. A1
A2
A3
•
• respect
•
FP3: Initially, respect current roles,
responsibilities & job titles
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90. A1
A2
A3
Organizational Change
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
A3
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91. A1
A2
A3
The organizational
change agenda
•
•
•
•
Disciplined engagement
Systems & complexity thinking
Change capability, safety
Organizational learning
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93. What is Kanban?
Kanban is the humane,
“start with what you do now”
approach to change
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94. Reflection (1)
Ÿ understanding
Ÿ agreement
Ÿ respect
Ÿ transparency
Ÿ balance
Ÿ collaboration
Ÿ customer focus
Ÿ flow
Ÿ leadership
Which 3 values resonate most strongly?
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95. Reflection (2)
A1
The improvement agenda
A2
The service transformation agenda
A3
The organizational change agenda
Which agenda will engage? Which will get the job done?
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96. References
[1] Kanban, Anderson http://www.amazon.com/Kanban-Successful-Evolutionary-Technology-Business/
dp/0984521402/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387272&sr=1-1
[2] http://positiveincline.com/index.php/2013/01/introducing-kanban-through-its-values/
[3] http://positiveincline.com/index.php/2013/01/kanban-values-understanding-and-purpose/
[4] Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Meadows http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-HMeadows/dp/1603580557/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387371&sr=1-1
[5] Out of the Crisis, Deming http://www.amazon.com/Out-Crisis-W-Edwards-Deming/dp/0262541157/
ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387455&sr=1-1
[6] Good to Great, Collins http://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Companies-Leap-Others/dp/
0066620996/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387591&sr=1-1
[7] The Culture Game: Tools for the Agile Manager, Mezick http://www.amazon.com/Culture-GameTools-Agile-Manager/dp/0984875301/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387632&sr=1-1
[8] Steven J. Spear, The High Velocity Edge
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law
[10] Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, Logan http://
www.amazon.com/Tribal-Leadership-Leveraging-Thriving-Organization/dp/0061251321/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387685&sr=1-1
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_organization
[12] The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, Senge http://
www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Practice-Learning-Organization/dp/0385517254/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364387790&sr=1-1
[13] Small acts of leadership positiveincline.com/index.php/2013/06/small-acts-of-leadership/
[14] Yes we Kanban http://www.agilemanagement.net.php5-19.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/resources
[15] Stand up meeting, thinking tool, leadership routine http://positiveincline.com/index.php/2013/09/
stand-up-meeting-thinking-tool-leadership-routine/
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97. Thank you
Special thanks to:
Jabe Bloom, Patrick Steyaert, Matthias Jouan, David J Anderson, Dave White,
Arne Roock, Bernd Schiffer, Dimitar Bakardzhiev, Greg Brougham,
Hermanni Hyytiälä, Janice Linden-Reed, Chris Chan, Zsolt Fabok, Corinna Baldauf,
Andy Carmichael, Alex Fedtke, Tom Cagley, Rob Ferguson, Yuval Yeret,
Joseph Hurtado, John Miller, Kurt Häusler, Matthias Bohlen, Rodolfo Moeller,
Karl Scotland, Mattias Skarin, Alan Shalloway, Pierre Nies, Fred Engel,
David Shrimpton, Björn Tikkanen, Simon Thomas, Simon Marcus, Marco Melas,
Jon Terry, Maria Alfredéen, Torbjörn Gyllebring, Shridhar Lolla, Jim Sutton,
Stephen Parry, Klaus Leopold, Sigi Kaltenecker, Gaetano Mazzanti
Photos:
Slide14: David J. Anderson & Associates Inc
Slide 34: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lennon-McCartney.JPG
Slide 35: http://www.nobelweekdialogue.org/?attachment_id=364
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