My slide deck for the Lean Kanban North America conference (LKNA 2013). http://SystemAgility.com/ https://twitter.com/ken_power http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenpower

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Ken Power
Internal Lean Agile Consultant / Coach, Cisco Systems
Monday April 29, 2013

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Planned Ready
In
Progress
Done Accepted

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Request Planned Ready
Analysis
Done Accepted
System
Testing
Design Coding
Code
Review
Code
Updates
Testing
Test
Complete
System
Test Done
Deployed
to Staging
Verification
Deployed
to Live
In Progress
Deployed

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Planned Ready In Progress Done Accepted
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Ready
(5)
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Done
Exit Policy:
Item meets
Acceptance
Criteria
Exit Policy:
Ready to be
deployed
Exit Policy:
Prioritized for
grooming
(3)(10)

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Lead Time
Planned Ready In Progress Done Accepted
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Ready
(5)
Requested Deployed
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Done
Exit Policy:
Item meets
Acceptance
Criteria
Exit Policy:
Ready to be
deployed
Exit Policy:
Prioritized for
grooming
(3)
Exit Policy:
Targeted for a
specific
release
Exit Policy:
Feature is in
active use
(10)

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Lead Time
Planned Ready In Progress Done Accepted
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Ready
(5)
Requested Deployed
Exit Policy:
Meets
Definition of
Done
Exit Policy:
Item meets
Acceptance
Criteria
Exit Policy:
Ready to be
deployed
Exit Policy:
Prioritized for
grooming
(3)
Exit Policy:
Targeted for a
specific
release
Exit Policy:
Feature is in
active use
(10)
Cycle Times
Flow

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Planned Ready In Progress Done AcceptedRequested Deployed
Lead Time
Total Reaction Cycle Time Total Delivery Cycle Time
Development
Cycle Time
Acceptance
Cycle Time
Deployment
Cycle Time
Work Wait
Cycle Time
Portfolio
Planning
Cycle Time
NOTE: The x-axis is STATE, not TIME
Discovery
Cycle Time

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Planned Ready In Progress Done AcceptedRequested Deployed
Lead Time
Total Reaction Time Total Cycle Time
Delivery
Cycle Time
Acceptance
Cycle Time
Deployment
Cycle Time
Work Wait
Time
Portfolio
Planning
Time
Portfolio
Team
Discovery
Time

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Planned Ready In Progress Done AcceptedRequested Deployed
Lead Time
Total Reaction Time Total Cycle Time
Delivery
Cycle Time
Acceptance
Cycle Time
Deployment
Cycle Time
Work Wait
Time
Portfolio
Planning
Time
Portfolio
Team
Product
Owners
Product
Owners
Discovery
Time
Product
Owners

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Planned Ready In Progress Done AcceptedRequested Deployed
Lead Time
Total Reaction Time Total Cycle Time
Delivery
Cycle Time
Acceptance
Cycle Time
Deployment
Cycle Time
Work Wait
Time
Portfolio
Planning
Time
Portfolio
Team
Product
Owners
Delivery
Teams
Product
Owners
Release
Management
Discovery
Time
Product
Owners

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Failure Demand
Value Demand

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• My day job
Co-Founder, Agile Office at Cisco
Internal Agile & Lean Consultant
• Extra-curricular activities
Fellow of the Lean Systems Society (http://LeanSystemsSociety.org/)
Award-winning publications in Agile and Lean product development
Frequent speaker at major international Agile and Lean conferences
Involved in organizing international Agile and Lean conferences
Industry/academic collaborative research on Agile and Lean software development
Lean Startup Mentor
• Find me online
Blog: http://SystemAgility.com/
Twitter: @ken_power
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenpower