With only a few principles which Kanban prescribes it can’t be treated as a method which directly shows how to organize a team or the way it works. What more, it is commonly advised to start Kanban implementation without changing the process which is currently in place. How Kanban catalyzes improvements then? Basing on examples from different teams the presentation shows patterns of emergent properties – best practices and process improvements which are introduced with no direct management action. As these behaviors are emergent and not enforced on teams they’re not only adjusted to local specifics but also there’s little resistance against them. This mechanism makes Kanban, despite the method’s simplicity, a great tool to foster improvements.

1. Kanban improvements
Emergent behavior
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3. Improvements as we typically
understand them...

8. With Kanban you don’t
plan specific improvements
– they just emerge

10. Imagine you are a feature…
I’M A FEATURE…
THAT’S SO FREAKING
COOL!

11. THE FEATURE MAKES IT THROUGH
THE BACKLOG AND A DEVELOPER
STARTS WORKING ON IT…
I’M BEING DEVELOPED! YAY!
AND THIS GUY IS REALLY
FAST, I TELL YA.

12. AFTER DEVELOPMENT THE FEATURE
IS WAITING FOR ITS TURN TO BE
TESTED…
HEY, IS ANYONE THERE?
NOTHING IS HAPPENING!
I’M WAITING HERE…

13. SOON AFTER TESTING STARTS…
FINALLY, SOMETHING IS
HAPPENING.
BTW: HOW COME I HAVE
THAT MANY BUGS?!?

14. TESTING IS FINISHED, BUGS ARE
FILED AND THE FEATURE…
WAITING AGAIN?
BORING…

15. A BIT LATER…
BUG FIXING?
SOUNDS NICE, I KINDA
LIKE IT

16. ALL BUGS ARE EVENTUALLY FIXED…
OH, NO! NOT WAITING.
NOT AGAIN!
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HEARD ABOUT
TIME-TO-MARKET?!?

17. LATER, WHEN RETESTING
STARTS…
AT LEAST THEY’RE
WORKING AGAIN.
IT SEEMS I WON’T BE
ABANDONDED
AFTER ALL

18. AFTER RETESTING
IT SEEMS THERE ARE
NO KNOWN BUGS…
NOW WHAT?
I HAVE NO KNOWN BUGS!
WHY DON’T YOU DEPLOY
ME, YOU MORONS?!

19. FINALLY, THE FEATURE IS
DEPLOYED…
AH,
IN PRODUCTION…
FINALLY!
BTW: IS IT ONLY ME
OR IS THIS PROCESS
SCREWED?

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64. Thank you
Questions?
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