don't become Agile, strive for agility

Have you ever tried and failed to make your organisation Agile? Or, have been part of an Agile change that didn't meet the high expectations it set? Maybe you have met with too much resistance to even get off the ground. Have you ever wondered why?

What if, instead of looking to make one large revolutionary change and become Agile, you looked to build a culture of continuous improvement and, while drawing from the Agile toolkit, you evolved towards the agility and predictability your business requires? In this talk I'll give an introduction to the Kanban method. I'll show how it is designed to help in the evolutionary change of your software development system and how it encourages a culture of continuous improvement.

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1. don’t become Agile, strive for agility Chris McDermott @chrisvmcd Friday, 7 June 13
2. Chris McDermott @chrisvmcd Coach/Developer/<doer of whatever needs done/> @LeanAgileScot www.leanagilescotland.com @LeanAgileGla www.meetup.com/Lean-Agile-Glasgow Friday, 7 June 13
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5. #epicfail Friday, 7 June 13
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8. Capability Time current desired 1 2 3 4 5 Friday, 7 June 13
9. organisational threshold Capability Time current desired 1 2 3 4 5 Friday, 7 June 13
10. “It’s only with the knowledge of why that you gain the ability to adapt an approach to a specific situation” Donald Reinertsen (Managing the Design Factory) Friday, 7 June 13
11. evolution not revolution Friday, 7 June 13
12. kanban Friday, 7 June 13
13. kanban systems WIP (Work In Progress) limited pull system. Friday, 7 June 13
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24. Back store (Buffer) Shelf (WIP) Friday, 7 June 13
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34. The Kanban Method Friday, 7 June 13
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36. Microsoft XIT Worst to Best in 9 months http://www.agilemanagement.net/AMPDFArchive/From_Worst_to_Best_in_9_Months_Final_1_3.pdf Friday, 7 June 13
37. Corbis IT Way Friday, 7 June 13
38. What is it? • A change management method that uses kanban systems to provoke change • Catalyst for evolutionary change • Can help to create an culture of continuous improvement • There is no Kanban Software Development Process or Kanban Project Management Method Friday, 7 June 13
39. start with what you do now agree to purse incremental and evolutionary change initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles encourage acts of leadership at all levels the principles Friday, 7 June 13
40. the practices Friday, 7 June 13
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43. Demand Analysis Development Test Released In
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46. Ability to search by product Due: 09/06 Start: 07/06 End: 08/06 2146767 Cust: Chris BA: Mike Dev: Liz QA: Brian Type: Feature Digital tracking number Tracking dates Contacts Work item type - Bug - Feature - Non Functional - etc Standard - Fixed Date - Expedite or whatever suits Friday, 7 June 13
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61. Visualise Limit WIP Manage Flow Explicit Policies Feedback Loops Improvements Friday, 7 June 13
62. Visualise Limit WIP Manage Flow Explicit Policies Feedback Loops Improvements Friday, 7 June 13
63. what can it tell us? Friday, 7 June 13
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76. it’s not just for development teams... Friday, 7 June 13
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80. Capability Time current desired Friday, 7 June 13
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82. Summary start with what you do now Friday, 7 June 13
83. Summary start with what you do now gain an appreciation of the system Friday, 7 June 13
84. Summary start with what you do now gain an appreciation of the system limit the work in progress Friday, 7 June 13
85. Summary start with what you do now gain an appreciation of the system limit the work in progress pull work when ready Friday, 7 June 13
86. Summary start with what you do now gain an appreciation of the system limit the work in progress pull work when ready identify and remove impediments to flow Friday, 7 June 13
87. Summary start with what you do now gain an appreciation of the system limit the work in progress pull work when ready identify and remove impediments to flow make the work visible Friday, 7 June 13
88. • Resources • Kanban Book by David Anderson • A Kanban System for Software Engineering (InfoQ) • www.limitedwipsociety.org • groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev • Background • Theory of Constraints - Goldratt • Lean/TPS - Ohno, Womack/Jones, Liker, Rother • System of Profound Knowledge - Deming • Systems Thinking - Senge, Ackoff, Seddon, Meadows • Lean Product Development - Reinertsen Friday, 7 June 13
89. thank you questions? http://availagility.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/kenji-kanban-2.jpg http://randommanager.com/products/5-whys http://itopskanban.wordpress.com/sysadmins-board/ https://twitter.com/Amy_Lynch/status/218009573091581952 http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7138/7824546268_0b694ef4b2_b.jpg http://www.valuablecontent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Flowing-stream.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/510bass/6898800514/sizes/h/in/photostream/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/59/174010121_3a7e837f25_b.jpg http://www.velaction.com/lean-information/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PDCA-Cycle-Pic.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5052/5537028515_50e8967a88_b.jpg http://blog.flowkaizen.com/why-physical-card-walls-are-important http://www.a-chau.net/gallery2/d/99171-2/supermarket_queue.jpg Friday, 7 June 13