Hi @Karl: the "1 developer" is actually one physical developer : the side project will be developed entirely by the new member, who will not develop anything...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 12, 2012 1:14 pm
I understand that the 1 developer is a physical person. I'm wondering what the reasoning is behind the policy of a physical person, and hypothesising that it...
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matthiasjouan
Sep 12, 2012 1:43 pm
My bad : my answer was not complete enough. The side-project is an Android application and, apart from the new developer, nobody in the team knows enough of...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 12, 2012 2:41 pm
Ah. Thanks. That helps! You're wanting to visualise specialisation. In that case I think colour differentiation, with split limits for development, would be a...
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Dimitri
dbaeli
Sep 12, 2012 4:01 pm
Hello, What about starting the simpliest way : integrate the dev in the team and have a dedicated color for he's tasks (but not swimlane) on the board with...
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Mahesh Singh
maheshsingh
Sep 12, 2012 6:32 pm
... I agree with Dimitri on this. Teams, especially smaller ones, will work far more cohesively with a simpler – combined – board with color...
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Peter Müller
amigo.paraense
Sep 12, 2012 7:17 pm
Kanban Coach: thank you for making the first proposal! Mike Burrows: nobody here is talking about "implemented" or "job done". My original question may be...
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Peter Müller
amigo.paraense
Sep 12, 2012 7:26 pm
Zsolt, I believe David's approach is just fine. In order to avoid making the board hard to follow you just add some clear visual signal telling the team that...
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Zsolt Fabok
zsoltfabok
Sep 12, 2012 8:17 pm
Hi Matthias, My bad : my answer was not complete enough. The side-project is an Android ... Thanks for the detail, that explains a lot. As Karl pointed out you...
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Matthew Philip
matthew_r_ph...
Sep 12, 2012 10:00 pm
St. Louis (Missouri, USA) now has a Limited WIP Society. We have yet to meet, but we do have a web presence. If you live in or nearby or happen to be stopping...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
Sep 12, 2012 10:06 pm
Ah, that helps. I think we'd have little trouble in agreeing where Kanban is being used. This might be enough to convince your employers or others in your...
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matthiasjouan
Sep 12, 2012 11:17 pm
Thank you all for these very interesting comments and suggestions. The team and I came to the same kind of solutions as you all did. We will completely include...
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martin_cocaro
Sep 13, 2012 6:34 am
Hi All - I've been following Kanban for quite some time now but never had the pleasure to implement it. Now I do have that pleasure. I switched job since...
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Robert Swanbum
rswany79...
Sep 13, 2012 6:36 am
I am also in St. Louis so I'll have to meet up with you all some time. From: kanbandev@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kanbandev@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 13, 2012 10:10 am
Hi Marco, I know there is work going on using Monte Carlo simulation techniques which might cover this sort of scenario. I think its early days though. My...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 13, 2012 10:29 am
This thread reminds of the way Dave Snowden talk about boundaries in his Cynefin work. As humans, we find boundaries natural, and they are good for exploring...
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Mike Burrows
asplake
Sep 13, 2012 10:58 am
That's a very interesting idea - could make for a good session for a future leadership retreat. Mike -- Mike Burrows mjb@... ...
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Martin Cocaro
martin_cocaro
Sep 13, 2012 1:34 pm
Hi Karl - Thanks for answering. Monte Carlo would definitely be a possibility. Will see it I can use/build something for that and get back to you. The problem ...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 13, 2012 1:44 pm
I think I would start with a simple approach that measure cycle time per feature/bug/blocker and understand your responsiveness to completing each of those. A...
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Sean Murphy
skmurphy58
Sep 13, 2012 4:42 pm
I like this approach to kanban as an emerging practice instead of one in need of rigid codification. I think we will look back in five or ten years and realize...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 13, 2012 4:45 pm
I think you are referring to pattern entrainment, where we are blinded by what we expect to see. On that note, here's an amusing topical example. ...
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Sean Murphy
skmurphy58
Sep 13, 2012 5:02 pm
Is it possible there are many different terms for the same thing..with subtly different meaning: - deformation professionelle ...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Sep 13, 2012 5:45 pm
... I didn't intend to categorise it. More that it was what sprung to mind. Karl ... -- Karl Scotland Lean & Agile Coach http://www.availagility.co.uk/ ... Is...
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Rob_Ferguson
Sep 13, 2012 5:46 pm
Hi David, Thanks for asking and thanks for your interest. Getting buy-in wasn't as difficult as you might imagine since the pump was primed by the CIO who...
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Rodolfo Moeller
rod.moeller...
Sep 13, 2012 7:35 pm
Hello, In the industry I work for, it is a standard customer requirement to conduct regular appraisals and achieve a minimum maturity level according either to...
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Celso Martins
celsoavmartins
Sep 13, 2012 7:46 pm
Hi Rodolfo, Pawel Brodzinski has an interesting blog post on this topic: http://blog.brodzinski.com/2012/08/radar-charts-kanban-maturity.html Regards ...
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Rodolfo Moeller
rod.moeller...
Sep 13, 2012 8:58 pm
Hi Celso, I understand Pawel's concerns, but I have the impression that his blog post is partially out-of-date. Pawel talks about a scale from 0 to 5 for all...
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Nader Talai
nadertalai
Sep 14, 2012 5:08 am
Something I've used and it works for our context is to show your throughput the number of stories done per week (you can choose any length of time that suits...
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Kurt Häusler
kurt.haeusler
Sep 14, 2012 5:54 am
We found that cycle time was pretty much independent of the size of the story. Usually because downstream of development stories would get batched together,...
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Michas François
michasfrancois
Sep 14, 2012 7:39 am
Thank you for the answer, it is very nice to see that you're taking time to raise the knowledge of newbies. Sorry i didn't take the immediate opportunity of...
