Inspired by the gamification thread, I decided to put the post on Gamification for Kanban transformation ... ...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 4, 2012 3:31 am
We have a few places unsold to the normally invite only Kanban Leadership Retreat event. We're making them available to a wider audience. The event is limited...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 4, 2012 8:00 am
Hi Richard, I'll definitely be looking out for you and I look forward to seeing your material. Several of us plan to gather to discuss portfolio-related ideas ...
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HÃ¥kan Forss
hakan_forss
May 4, 2012 8:06 am
David, I don’t think we disagree on the point of a kanban process. There should not be any kanban software development process or any other kind of kanban...
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Mattias Skarin
i92matsk
May 4, 2012 10:48 am
+1 with simplicity and giving context specific guidance (one way is shu-ha-ri). I realize I can't give much constructive feedback because Davids intent is not...
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roydbrayshay
May 4, 2012 11:15 am
For me the current 5 are effective because its 5. The cost of recall is low, they can be quickly learned. Every addition to the tally adds a tax and reduces...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
May 4, 2012 12:22 pm
How do I get in on the "portfolio" discussion at LSSC?...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 4, 2012 12:24 pm
You just did :-) I've been collecting names and I'll announce a time & place once we're all there. Regards, Mike -- Mike Burrows mjb@... ...
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Robert Swanbum
rswany79...
May 4, 2012 12:49 pm
It just dawned on me that what we're talking about is "communication." That's the principle. Without communication - leadership, feedback, review - it's...
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Jack Vinson
jackvinson
May 4, 2012 1:28 pm
Funny. I was doing a Critical Chain Project Management project a few years ago, and one of the project managers had the same realization. His comment was...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
May 4, 2012 2:27 pm
Mike, I would also love to join the conversations on portfolio kanban at LSSC. E Please forgive if this came across short or poorly crafted, it was sent from...
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Richard Hensley
rhensley99_m...
May 4, 2012 3:18 pm
Initiatives are red cards Features are yellow cards Stories are green cards Initiatives have a devoted swim lane, so all cards in the lane are for the ...
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Danijel Arsenovski
darsenovski
May 4, 2012 5:31 pm
A lot of useful replies... I agree that for mature teams the flow becomes a gaming experience, and it doesn’t even have to be deliberate. I am thinking of...
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Frank
vega.frank...
May 4, 2012 6:15 pm
Mike, Add my name to the list; I'd like to join. Take care, Frank www.vissinc.com...
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Alex Pukinskis
alexpukinskis
May 4, 2012 7:30 pm
... Here's some general content I wrote on getting started with portfolio-level kanban. I wrote it to help users of the portfolio kanban tool in Rally ...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 4, 2012 9:28 pm
Hakan, Have you looked at the title and abstract for my session in Boston? The 2nd edition of the book will be breaking out the getting started process as a...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 4, 2012 9:30 pm
I will mull this over. A reasonable suggestion....
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 5, 2012 10:23 am
Hi Alex, Thanks for posting that link, the "general guidance" not specific to portfolios you mention looks good. I particularly like "Discover your initial...
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Matthias Bohlen
mbohlende
May 5, 2012 10:53 am
Hello everyone, upcoming Wednesday, we have the next meeting of Limited WIP Society Cologne, Germany. I thought I'd announce this once on this list, too, so...
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Anthony Honeyfield
anthony.hone...
May 6, 2012 8:16 am
Hi, I need some advice on implementing Kanban for hardware development in a product design consultancy. Recently the ideal candidate for an agile project came...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
May 6, 2012 12:51 pm
Could it be just a granularity thing? "Good ideas which we then augment and roll back into the design" and "things you find in engineering may cause you to...
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sacha_storz
May 6, 2012 2:10 pm
Our team experimented with an "on hold" field within the column "ongoing". They would put a card in that field whenever the task was waiting for information...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 6, 2012 3:09 pm
This comes up a lot in my workshops with clients and classes. There isn't a right or wrong answer. However, the behavior your describe of simply placing it in...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 6, 2012 3:13 pm
Karl I've mulled this over and concluded it really depends what you believe "Manage Flow" implies. For me "Manage Flow" is about operating the kanban system as...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 6, 2012 3:31 pm
Anthony, Why do you have a lane for each engineer? That raises a red flag for me. So, I'd like to understand that better. It seems like you have activities in...
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Ed Larmore
virbots2
May 6, 2012 3:45 pm
Anthony- One idea is to have these iterative steps be tasks in their own right; in your example, you could have a sticky for "Re-do styling on part X." Our...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 6, 2012 3:52 pm
Nice idea!...
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sacha_storz
May 6, 2012 4:39 pm
Dear David, thank you very much for your answer! Your advice "what behavior do I want to see as an outcome?" is especially helpful. It reminded me of behavior...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
May 6, 2012 4:47 pm
right - system behavior ;-)...
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Torbjörn Lundquist
torbjorn.lun...
May 6, 2012 9:08 pm
Hi Sacha, I use to put a pink post-it on the task which mark it as impeded. Waiting for information from the client impedes the flow of the card and anything ...
