Neuroscience and Kanban

Visual Management with the brain in mind.
A talk on Chillisoft's research using principles of Neuroscience to design Kanban boards and the lessons we learnt along the way.

This talk was presented @ Durban Agile User Group May 2015

Transcript

1. Neuroscience and Kanban Visual Management with the brain in mind
2. About Me • Team lead at Chillisoft • MSc in Software Engineering • Neuroleadership Certificate • Not Canadian
3. Context • The challenge of delivering and managing
4. Breakdown • The Brain • Neuroleadership • Agile and Lean Principles Review • Neuro-Kanban Experimentation
5. The Brain A quick overview, I promise.
6. The Brain • Limbic System • System 1
7. The Brain • PFC • System 2
8. The Amygdala Hijack
9. Back to Normal Programming
10. Linking Neuroscience to Agile • SCARF • Jenni Jepsen on “The Neuroscience Behind Why Agile Works” • She states why David Rock’s SCARF model is behind Agile’s success. • http://www.scarf360.com/ • http://www.infoq.com/interviews/jepsen-why-agile-works
11. SCARF • S - Status • C - Certainty • A - Autonomy • R - Relatedness • F - Fairness
12. Agile and Lean Principles Review
13. What is Agile • Agile is one of the big buzzwords of the IT development industry • Put simply, agile development is a different way of managing IT development teams and projects.
14. 10 Key Agile Principles 1. Active user involvement is imperative 2. The team must be empowered to make decisions 3. Requirements evolve but the timescale is fixed 4. Capture requirements at a high level; lightweight & visual 5. Develop small, incremental releases and iterate 6. Focus on frequent delivery of products 7. Complete each feature before moving on to the next 8. Apply the 80/20 rule 9. Testing is integrated throughout the project lifecycle – test early and often 10. A collaborative & cooperative approach between all stakeholders is essential
15. What is Lean Software Development? • Adapted from the Toyota Production System • The term lean software development originated in a book by the same name, written by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck
16. 7 Lean Principles 1. Eliminate Waste 2. Build Quality In 3. Create Knowledge 4. Defer Commitment 5. Deliver Fast 6. Respect People 7. Optimise The Whole
17. Kanban Board Principles • Visualize workflow • Limit work-in-progress • Pull work from column to column • Monitor, adapt, improve Board Flow
18. Kanban Board Principles • R2L-4-L2R Board Flow
19. Information Radiators
20. Defer Commitment vs Complete Each Feature • 70/30 rule • Eisenhower task matrix
21. Delivery Expectations • Stanford Prison Experiment • Honesty is Accuracy
22. Sticky Refactoring • The process of extracting the delivered value from a sticky.
23. Defining Value • Autonomy • Finding Rabbit Holes
24. Fluffy the Scrum Slayer
25. Principles of ABD • Honesty is Accuracy • Your board must always reflect reality no matter how much it sucks! • Sticky Refactoring • Love your Technical Debt • By loving it you care about it, when you care about it you make sure it is taken care of. • Red Bins
26. Our Real Boad
27. Thank you! Questions? Social Media: • Twitter - @tmfrisinger • G+ - https://plus.google.com/+TravisFrisinger