1. Continuously improving using Kanban
CONVERTING A SCRUM TEAM
TO KANBAN
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3. Who am I?
Coach Entrepreneur Engineer
Help IT Extreme 9 years
companies stay Solutions software dev
competitive Bizplant Acting CTO
mattias.skarin@crisp.se
Blog:
http://blog.crisp.se/mattiasskarin
Book: ”Kanban and Scrum –
making the most of both” 3

4. Look out for
How we are learned the right process
(and what problems to solve)
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5. Situation
Sprint burndown
Why no reaction?
”Not sure scrum is helping”
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6. Context – team setup
AB BV
EK
Client user Client project
specialist manager Client Side [uk]
Q&A
Meeting 1/w
Our Side [fr]
BS IK
EK
ST
Product Owner/Project manager SH
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7. What is the problem?
Product owner
Deliver something with quality
Team overstressed
Estimates wrong, up to 5 times Team
off Switching too much between
tasks
Doing to much at the same time
Client
Descoped too far
Project above team’s capacity
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8. What to do first? Added visibility
Runnable
Backlog estimation @ Client
In queue Estimated In queue Work Done
Dev Merge Ci PO Test
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9. After two weeks of kanban
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10. Dude – get real..
Team 2
Team 1
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11. What’s next?
Runnable
Backlog estimation @ Client
In queue Estimated In queue Work Done
Dev Merge Ci PO Test
..why is work stuck here?
8+ devs
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12. + Better qa/dev ratio
Inject TDD + Much needed refactorings
+ Self confidence
Free some space!
• Simplify estimates
• Abolish sprints – regular release cadance
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13. Next learning
Runnable
Backlog estimation @ Client
In queue Estimated In queue Work Done
Dev Merge Ci PO Test
..why are stories dropping out?
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14. Mixing bad and good work
Trunk
Testing, Packaging
FR
UK
Changing branch policies
Trunk - releasable
FR – unit tested
EN – unit tested
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15. Adding test design for refined flow
Runnable
Backlog estimation @ Client
In queue Estimated In queue Work Done
Test
design Dev PO Test Build Package
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16. Team taking charge of the process
Runnable
Backlog estimation @ Client
In queue Estimated In queue Work Done
Test Remember!
design Dev Test Build Rel.
Unit Func Gui
Server
Dude-
Talk! Tag!
Merge!
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17. Small steps
You know what? Customer now
trust me when I say we are going to
deliver something
What is this shit in
Project manager our code?
Moving on Team
- Train in root cause analysis
- Train in problem solving
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18. Why it is important to
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understand the problem
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19. ”Team no longer
work overtime”
Project manager
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20. Improvement tracking
140,00
120,00
100,00
Days / percentage
80,00
Velocity (pts)
60,00 Focus factor
40,00
20,00
0,00
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Week
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21. Us - one
year later
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22. What is different?
Before After 1 year
Sprints Release when ready (needed)
Little teamwork, multiple Teamwork, despite multiple
projects in sprint projects
Planning & sp estimation T-shirt sizing
Dispair over improvement Team focused, management
supported improvements
Key tech debts solved
Nailing down the problem behind the improvement
is getting harder - requires more effort and thinking..
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23. What is same?
Still multiple projects (but better risk mix)
External clients behaviour not changed
Order Development Waiting Client QA In prod
18d 50d 43d
Dev 17% Waiting 38% QA 38%
Team project Backflow
backlog
Project #1 Not in prod
.. but management are working on it
Project #2 Not in prod and no longer considers this a team problem
Project #3 In Work
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25. Meet the team
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26. Thanks for listening!
Psst..
Kanban Coach Camp
November 9-10
Expand your improvement skills
http://www.crisp.se/kanbancoachcamp
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