Have you ever been overwhelmed with your domestic to-do list? Are your children a study in chaos? Come and learn how you can use domestic kanban to change your life forever. Remember - kanban is for life, not just for software.

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KANBAN IN THE KITCHEN
Lucy Burns

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KANBAN IN THE KITCHEN
Lucy Burns

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STUFF I AMTALKING ABOUT
Introduction to my family
Some disclaimers
A story
Neurodiversity
Some Conversations
Lots of examples of visualisation and Kanban
A funny picture of my cats

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THE BURNS FAMILY

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DISCLAIMERS
1. I may cry
2. You may cry
3. I have tissues
4. Yes - they are my drawings, sorry
5. This is not pure Kanban - it is just how my family have used it and
learned from it
6. No questions please (see bullet point 1)

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WiP Limit: 1
WiP Limit: 1
To Do (Personal) To Do (Retreat) Doing Done
Next

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DONE!

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WHAT IS KANBAN?
“Kanban is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing and
just-in-time manufacturing. Taiichi Ohno, an industrial
engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve
manufacturing efficiency. Kanban is one method to achieve
JIT. The system takes its name from the cards that track
production within a factory.” Wikipedia

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WHAT DOESTHAT MEAN?
Kanban is a highly visual work management method, and is based on
three basic principles:
Visualise the process
Limit work in progress (WiP)
Enhance Flow

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BASICS OF A KANBAN BOARD
Little’s Law: Lead time = #items in system / throughput rate
Halve your WiP, halve your time
WiP Limit

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KANBAN AND NEURODIVERSITY

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An autistic person may have difficulties with:
• processing information
• predicting the consequences of an action
(if I do this, what will happen next?)
• understanding the concept of time
• 'executive function'
(ie a person may be detail-focused and less able to see the whole
picture).
Source: National Autistic Society

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CONVERSATION ONE

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Unload the
dishwasher
Ruaridh

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Blah Blah
Blah
Ruaridh

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Ruaridh…

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… can you
unload the
dishwasher?

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CONVERSATIONTWO

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Could you do:
X
Y
Z

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I’ve put some
things on the
board for you

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OTHER USES INTHE HOME

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Lean Agile Scotland
Oct 2016
After-party
Costco
Cook a *huge*
chilli
Both out - so
babysitter needed
Lucy out
Martin out
Hosting a training
session
Both of us at a 3-
day conference
Scheduling time
during busy events

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To - Do Done
Tomorrow
(Probably)
Later
(Maybe)
Commitment
Options
Today
(Definitely)

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TAKE AWAYS
Make sure the layout works for everyone
Are the actions obvious?
Have you limited the WIP?

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MARTIN BURNS
30/9/1968 - 19/5/2019
For Martin - whose CFP didn’t make the cut this
year - but managed to get in anyway.

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THANK YOU