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Kanban values exercise
1. Kanban Values Exercise
Mike Burrows
mike@djaa.com
Twitter: @asplake and @KanbanInside
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2. Exercise â Kanbanâs Value System
⢠Map the 4 foundational principles & 6 core
practices to the 9 values
⢠Hints: 3 practices map to 1 value; 2 values map to 1
practice
⢠Hint: do the principles first, and do both sets in bottom-to-top
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⢠Reflect & discuss:
⢠Choose 3 values that resonate with you personally
⢠Choose 3 values that seem important or challenging
in your current organizational context
⢠For each of those two categories, choose a top 3 for
your group and prepare to report back
3. Foundational Principles
(do these first in reverse order; one unique value per space)
⢠: Start with what you do now
⢠: Agree to pursue evolutionary
change
⢠: Initially, respect existing roles,
responsibilities and job titles
⢠: Encourage acts of leadership at
all levels in your organization â
from individual contributors to
senior management
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4. Core Practices
(one value per space; one value occurs three times; easier in reverse order)
⢠: Visualize
⢠: Limit work-in-progress (WIP)
⢠, : Manage flow
⢠: Make policies explicit
⢠: Implement feedback loops
⢠: Improve collaboratively, evolve
experimentally (using models &
the scientific method)
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5. Values
(in no particular order)
⢠Transparency
⢠Balance
⢠Agreement
⢠Respect
⢠Understanding
⢠Collaboration
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⢠Flow
⢠Leadership
⢠Customer focus
6. By the same author
Kanban from the Inside
Mike Burrows, foreword by Luke Hohmann,
Blue Hole Press September 2014#
âClear, concise, beautifully structured summary of the
essentialsâ!
ââŚhas by far the most extensive and up-to-date coverage of
Kanban than anything published to dateâ!
âThe definitive Kanban textbookâ!
Featureban#
A fun kanban simulation game#
Experience visual management, pull, metrics#
Easily customized, released under the same Creative
Commons license as the Kanban Values Exercise#
Go to bit.ly/featureban-blog#
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Organize your work items!
1. Choose 1 feature each, initial it, and put it in the second
column"
2. Put the remainder in the âReadyâ column"
Ready <State A> ( ) <State B> ( )> Complete !
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iPod dock
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Carpets
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Ejector seat
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Rear view mirror
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Steering wheel
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Flux capacitor
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Engine
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8. Foundational Principles
⢠Understanding : Start with what you do now
⢠Agreement : Agree to pursue evolutionary
change
⢠Respect : Initially, respect existing roles,
responsibilities and job titles
⢠Leadership : Encourage acts of leadership at
all levels in your organization â
from individual contributors to
senior management
Copyright
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2014
David
J
Anderson
and
Associates
Ltd