All: I think I asked something similar in some thread previously, but I thought I'd re-ask. At one of my "too big to fail" clients, I've gotten a sniff of...
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Peter Bell
freshstartsw
May 3, 2011 12:51 am
I like your starting points. In addition, I discuss minimizing waste. That *always* sounds like a good thing. I also talk about managing cycle time and ideas...
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jdn3times
May 3, 2011 1:04 am
@Peter Thanks for your response. RE: waste - I thought that DA has talked about why talk about 'waste' should be eliminated. I know that DA hates my...
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Sameh Zeid
samehsz
May 3, 2011 1:20 am
@jdn May be if you talk on becoming a learning organization who continuously uncovers improvement opportunities and systematically implement solutions for...
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Andrew Pham
andrewpham74
May 3, 2011 4:57 am
+1 to all previous responses even if I will say: . visualize workflow (to do value stream mapping) . and limit WIP (rather visualize WIP). On top of this, I...
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nader1talai@...
nadertalai
May 3, 2011 5:42 am
I would be asking why - what is the problem that the exec team and you are trying to address and work from there. Once you know that you can choose what is the...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 3, 2011 6:13 am
I would add creating more opportunities for better decision making (through having smaller, visible choices and explicit policies; limits also). Mike -- Mike...
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jdn3times
May 3, 2011 2:30 pm
Yeah, that re-wording is a lot better. Thanks. jdn...
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Martin Alaimo
martinalaimo
May 3, 2011 2:41 pm
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jdn3times
May 3, 2011 2:47 pm
At a high-level, they have heard about it but don't understand the basics. So, perhaps 'pitching' is the wrong word. 'Describing' might be more accurate. jdn...
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Manuel Mazan
manuelmazan
May 3, 2011 2:53 pm
@jdn3time Start with a set of desired values you want the company to address, might be the Scrum, XP values, a combination of both or whatever values the...
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jdn3times
May 4, 2011 12:11 am
@Manuel Thanks for the input. I think one of the things that is very clear from all of the comments that I've gotten is that it will be important to find out...
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williamrlux
May 4, 2011 3:37 pm
JDN: Don't get too "soft" - plan your presentation from the standpoint that they probably don't care so much about what it is as what it can do for them (the...
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jdn3times
May 4, 2011 11:47 pm
@Bill: Thanks for your response. Your thoughts make sense to me. Since I know one of the high-level execs, my thought is to bounce a few ideas off of him...
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mduvall2002
May 5, 2011 1:46 pm
I'm starting to track cycle time and throughput on my project, and I'm struggling with the question of whether I should include technical debt in these...
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Eb
amaeze77
May 5, 2011 2:20 pm
Hello Mike - Are you asking whether to track the cycle time/throughput of work/projects/initiatives that specifically focus on reducing technical debt (and...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
May 5, 2011 6:48 pm
Hello, mduvall2002. On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 4:17:37 PM, you ... This is exactly what technical debt is NOT. You are describing repayment of technical...
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Manuel Mazan
manuelmazan
May 5, 2011 7:21 pm
Hi mduvall2002 We include items in kanban related to repaying the technical debt, however they are written in such way that reflects some sort of value ...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 5, 2011 8:30 pm
... .... , therefore reducing your effective capacity, the capacity that matters. Regards, Mike -- Mike Burrows Positive Incline Limited mjb@... ...
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Dan Rawsthorne
drawstho
May 5, 2011 10:14 pm
But the effect of reducing you Technical Debt is to increase productivity/velocity, so it increases you effective capacity. Remember that capacity is based on...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
May 6, 2011 12:14 am
... It consumes effort NOW and delivers capacity LATER, POSSIBLY. And in no case does it deliver product. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Comments lie. Code...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
May 6, 2011 12:17 am
... There should be cards for it, yes. Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Perfect is the enemy of The Good. But don't forget, so is The Half-Assed. -- J P...
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Brad Appleton
bradapp1
May 6, 2011 1:59 pm
I have a question that is sort of like the "inverse" of the one Peter asked about implementing kanban "views". In my case, I have multiple teams, each working...
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Kurt Häusler
kurt.haeusler
May 6, 2011 3:33 pm
It sounds a bit like the expand/collapse pattern we discussed a while back. At our last retrospective I suggested an approach for splitting our Kanban system...
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youngc31
May 6, 2011 3:48 pm
... Agree. On our Kanban board, Technical Debt cards are Red (as in 'In the Red - i.e. in Debt') This distinguishes them from our Yellow story cards and Blue...
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Masa
masakmaeda
May 7, 2011 1:14 pm
Hello It was great meeting many of you at LSSC11. We will be webcasting our San Francisco Bay Area Limited WIP Society May 12 meeeting. http://bit.ly/ixSf3v ...
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Peter Alfvin
palfvin
May 7, 2011 3:15 pm
Hi Brad, I had the pleasure of attending the Lean Software & Systems Conference in Long Beach this last week and many of the kanban tool vendors were there. I...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 8, 2011 4:01 pm
Folks, I've have planned a Kanban Leadership Retreat in Reykjavik, Iceland for June 26th & 27th. This has been an invitation only event so far. It's for my...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 8, 2011 7:57 pm
Focus executive level talk on "predictable service delivery" and "making promises you can keep". This will get them hooked. David http://www.channelkanban.com/...
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Matthias Bohlen
mbohlende
May 8, 2011 8:35 pm
Hello Kurt, ... I cannot understand why this is a problem. Why don't you simply pull the feature kanban thru until it fails the acceptance test? Then, create...
