We had 3 “swim lanes” “P1” or “expedite”, Engineering and Design. The lanes converged in the verify column.We had WIP limits for each column or “state”Engineering Lanes: Queue, Requirements & Test Plans, Design, Review& Revision, Code, Review & Revision, Verify, DoneDesign Lanes: Queue, User Experience, UX Review & Revision, Design, Review& Revision, Test Plan, Code, Review & Revision, Verify, Done
We had trouble managing dependencies between the two boards/teamsWe decided to pull together as one team, one board, one goal
This example is from September of last year. Pretty smooth.
Throughput was down because we had 4 large projects going on simultaneously, so smaller items blocked.Infrastructure work (e.g. code cleanup, upgrades, etc.) were not getting done.Team defined classes of service – pebbles, rocks, sand, plus infrastructure and design only.