There are lots of new members over the weekend. We're close to 120 now. I'm wondering if anyone who has recently joined the group has anay experience using...
David, I'm currently coaching a client who has about 35 developers in many teams. We're using a shared Excel spreadsheet for our electronic kanban taskboard. ...
I've been thinking about how to apply the kanban system to my teams work, and generally bouncing round the idea with people. Most people seem to like the...
I posted some thoughts on my blog today about where to use a Kanban process in regards to Software Engineering. I am wondering how much waste would be...
... Average lead time and cycle time per work item are more direct measures of productivity. The throughput equation: throughput = WIP / cycle_time ...can...
Adail, Great news! I'm excited to hear about it. Can you tell us something about how your are setting the kanban limits and controlling (the amount of)...
Sanjiv has posted some of his observations from his visit to my office one month ago. http://lithespeed.blogspot.com/2007/08/agile-model-evolution-part-1-go- ...
Karl, While Corey has given you the equation that gives an instant measure, in reality we are recording "throughput per month" and both mean and distribution...
Hello, David. On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at 1:03:28 AM, you ... I'm not sure what you mean by kanban /limits/, but I see XP and Scrum teams all over who...
... Sticky notes on a whiteboard is not the salient feature. What makes it a real pull system is that there is a defined workflow and there are limits on work...
Ron, I don't think kanban has anything to do with charts. These would be called "visual controls" in Lean literature. I saw Kenji's paper but I don't generally...
From Chris Matts who asked me to post this on his behalf... http://finance.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/kanbandev/photos/browse/c316 ?c= David This is the photo...
... Agreed. Also, a kanban system works by making each stage signal the immediately preceding stage when it is ready to accept new work. This is different from...
This is a great post and a great point. There are subtle differences between a DBR system and a kanban system especially in how they restart after an outage -...
Hello, Corey. On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at 2:57:55 PM, you ... I didn't mention sticky notes on a whiteboard, nor did I have it in mind. What I did...
Ron, There is a huge assumption in your thinking on this - N developers means N story cards - does it? Maybe in your world it does. What you have done is...
Ron, Buffers absorb variation in the system - variation in resource availability, variation in size of work items (stories in your case) and any other...
Hello, David. On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at 11:35:19 PM, you ... Yes, I agree that it is a policy, which might be stated as "each developer (or pair,...
I would love to see this separate response, to be honest. I've been watching this list with interest. I'll admit to some naiveté here as I think that agile...
Alan, I think you are quite correct. With our kanban system we've eliminated iterations as a concept. We have a regular release cadence but there is no answer...
David Ditto. I find it interesting that we have come to a couple of common counter-intuitive practices independently. My understanding is that your process is...
... Which is interesting, because unless I am mistaken, it implies that kanban and DBR are optimal under different circumstances. If there are many process...
I'm branching out, and it looks like I might land a few jobs that don't involve software development. They do however involve kanban. I have a crappy solution...
Henrik This is a very interesting observation. What we need to establish is which of DBR and Kanban are optimal for a particular circumstance and adapt the ...
Henrik Glasses are very very cheap. Buy more glasses and a slightly bigger table. Design an attractive "bag/tray"; for the glasses to make storage and movement ...
... which ... adapt the ... grateful ... Brief reply. Time constrained. :-) I believe the key is to monitor Throughput (velocity), Design-In-Process, and...
Hello, Chris (and Henrik). On Thursday, September 6, 2007, at ... Random thoughts triggered by this: 1. Sign reading "Glasses beginning to run low? Please...
Since we are dealing with humans that has no stake in helping until there is actually no more glasses behavior might not change until too late. If you in some...
... Really? I dont see this at all? Looks to me like you still have iterations, but you release after each one. And you dynamically adjust the iteration length...
Is the kitchen directly the other side of the wall ? If so, build a two-sided cupboard for the glasses, so that glasses are stored and used from the same...
