This document summarizes a presentation about increasing productivity through flow efficiency. It introduces Kanban concepts like limiting work-in-progress, using a pull system where the next task is pulled to the person rather than pushed, and emphasizing finishing work rather than starting new work. It discusses how focusing on flow rather than efficiency and busywork can improve outcomes. Ownership of work through pull systems and interrupting instincts that create delays can help teams achieve higher flow efficiency above the typical 4-6%.
7. Accidental leader.
I wanted to protect my team from bad leadership.
My leadership style was chaos and the death march
was my methodology.
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8. I needed to find a
better way!
I became a student of Lean and Agile.
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22. Teams are either a river
or a flood.
A river has somewhere to go.
A flood has no predictable direction.
One delivers life and the other takes it.
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23. 3 Key Concepts To Help Us
Achieve Flow
Lightning fast introduction to Kanban.
Discuss focus and how to improve it.
Learn about the affects of ownership on your team.
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25. Kanban is a set of organizing
principles and practices that
clarify how to unhide work
and optimize its flow.
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26. Kanban Card
A fast way to articulate the work that needs to be done.
As an online banking
customer, I want to
create an account
online so that I can
check my balance.
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27. Kanban Board
A simple way to communicate progress that everyone understands.
To Do Doing Done
We’ll explore the
disguised sophistication
of Kanban systems.
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62. “I’m finished and I’m waiting
for this work to be taken
from me.”
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63. It’s called a
Pull System.
The only way work moves is if someone pulls it.
Team members are always communicating availability.
Cards are never lost because they always have an advocate.
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64. A pull system is an ownership-
driven system.
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73. Instincts.
Spaced repetition yields behavior change.
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‣Efficiency ➜ Flow
‣Busy ➜ Limit WIP
‣Push ➜ Pull
“I’m finished and I’m waiting for this work to be taken
from me.”