An introduction to Kanban. Watch the webinar recording: http://blog.adsdevshop.com/2010/03/19/introduction-to-kanban-webinar-video-and-slides/

1. Introduction to Kanban
adsdevshop.com
With Robert Dempsey

2. Thank You!

3. Welcome!
Robert Dempsey
CEO & Founder
LinkedIn: robertwdempsey
Twitter: @rdempsey

4. Got Marketing?
http://thenonmarketer.com http://twitter.com/thenonmarketer

5. Agenda
• Start with a poll
• What companies want
• Kanbanʼs answer
• When to use Kanban
• Mechanics
• Kanban anti-patterns and metrics
• Get committed
• Q&A

6. Poll

7. How Others Use Theirs
• 45% Have no data
• 45% Have data, and make no intelligent use of it
• 10% Have data and use it

8. What Companies Want
• Predictability
• Business agility
• Good governance

9. Questions To Answer
• Where does the work come from?
• What do we do with it?
• Where does it go?
• What types of work do we have?

10. Definitions
• kanban
Shingle that says youʼre open for business (Japanese)
Physical token
• kanban system
A WIP limited pull system that uses kanban
• Kanban
Incremental, evolutionary approach to change management that uses a kanban
system

11. Why Evolutionary?
• Companies need change
• Companies donʼt like change
• Not all teams need the same thing

12. The Path
• Start with what we do now
• Visualize
• Limit WIP
• Look for improvement opportunities
• Make improvements

13. Do Not
• Change job titles
• Change the practices performed
• Challenge, highlight, or focus on personal performance
• Threaten egos and professional self-esteem

14. When to Kanban
• When the organization may prefer evolution to revolution
• When incremental change can improve maturity and permit scaling

15. WIP
• Work In Progress
• Everything in production or waiting in a queue

16. Lead Time
• The time period between when I ask for something and when I get it

17. Cycle Time
• When I start working on it until when I finish working on it
• How frequently an output is produced

18. Policies
• Options and choices
• What governs the kanban system

19. Work Item Type
• The type of work you do
• Examples
Bug
Requirement
Feature
User Story
Change Request
Maintenance

20. Class of Service
• They are a way to apply a level of service to a work item type
• Policies are applied to a class of service
• Examples
Expedite
Fixed Delivery Date
Standard Class
Intangible Class

21. Kanban Kick-Start
http://blog.crisp.se/henrikkniberg/2009/11/16/1258359420000.html

22. Agile Success Series

23. David P. Joyce
http://leanandkanban.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/another-kanban-board-example/

24. Jeff Patton
http://www.agileproductdesign.com

25. Personal Kanban
http://personalkanban.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/whiteboards-050.jpg

26. Q&A

27. Additional Resources
• http://www.kanban101.com/
• http://www.limitedwipsociety.org
• http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/
• http://personalkanban.com

28. Thank You!
Atlantic Dominion Solutions
321-274-4684
http://www.adsdevshop.com
Robert Dempsey
CEO & Founder
LinkedIn: robertwdempsey
Twitter: @rdempsey