Short description of Agile, lean and Kanban

1. Agile and Lean Software Development
An Introduction to Kanban
Sreekanth Tadipatri
Cisco Systems
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2. • Why are you here?
• Who are you?
• Who am I?
• What do we want to achieve in the
next 90 minutes?
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3. • What is Agile and Lean?
• Some causes of software failure
• Principles of Lean Software
Development
• Introduction to Kanban – group exercise
• Summary
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4. A light weight
framework for software
development
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5. Reduce the waste in a
system and produce a
higher value for the final
customer
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6. • Eliminate Waste
• Amplify Learning
• Decide as Late as Possible
• Deliver as Fast as Possible
• Empower the Team
• Build Integrity In
• See the Whole
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7. • Frequently and Rapidly Changing
Customer Requirements
▫ They can not be fulfilled by a rigid design
• Decision Making away from ground
realities
▫ Commitment made by folks who don’t do the
actual implementation.
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8. • The iron triangle
▫ Scope/ time/ cost fixed
• Traditional batch/queue (phase
gated approach)
▫ Quality is an afterthought
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9. • Volunteers please!
• Two teams of eight people.
• Observers around the tables
• Arrange how you will do the work.
• Plan 5 minutes
• First round 5 minutes
• Count
- how much was delivered
- how much was wasted
• Feedback from observers – 5 minutes
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10. • Volunteers please!
• Two teams of eight people.
• Observers around the tables
• Arrange how you will do the work.
• Plan 5 minutes
• First round 5 minutes
• Count
- how much was delivered
- how much was wasted
• Feedback from observers – 5 minutes
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11. The Seven Wastes of The Seven Wastes of
Manufacturing Software Development
Overproduction Extra Features
Inventory Requirements
Extra Processing Steps Extra Steps
Motion Finding Information
Defects Bugs Not Caught by Tests
Waiting Waiting for Decisions
Transportation Handoffs
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12. • Map the value stream
• Visualize the work
• Pull work – not push
• Identify bottlenecks and eliminate waste
• Focus on flow
• Limit work in progress
• Find better ways of doing things – continuous
improvement
• Empower people
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14. • Questions?
• Comments?
• Feedback?
• Contact me:
• sreekantht@gmail.com
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