Let's say you work on a system comprised of 50 teams working on 25 products from 5 locations, east coast, west coast, Japan, India and the UK (so the sun never...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 2, 2007 7:31 pm
Aaron, Given the description in the final paragraph that lead time is 4 weeks and you have a release every 2 weeks, then the minimum WIP is 2 projects...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Dec 2, 2007 7:45 pm
Aaron I do not have a solution so much as a restatement of the problem. The solution will probably require some form of software. The constraint moves and...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 2, 2007 9:19 pm
Some clarifying questions? How many of the 50 teams are dev teams? How many dev teams does it take to make a coherent whole i.e. UI layer, business logic, db...
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Landes Eric (CI/AMM1-...
dcma_eric
Dec 3, 2007 5:58 pm
Maybe a more basic question, but what is your definition of a defect? I'm in a discussion with our manager of the business analysis (they do our automated...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 3, 2007 7:07 pm
My view on this is that it is a "defect" if found by something other than the developers or the unit tests, e.g. the system test team, users at acceptance...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Dec 3, 2007 9:33 pm
Bertrand Meyer gives these definitions: "An *error* is a wrong decision made during the development of a software system. A *defect* is a property of a...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 3, 2007 9:44 pm
Aaron, Another clarifying question?... Are you trying to reduce this problem to a single virtual-kanban system - a single pipe with a single release train? If...
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Aaron Sanders
aremsan
Dec 4, 2007 5:02 am
Yeah, I'd like to come up with a single, recursive, virtual KSSE which deals with the different rolling waves of interrelated products, supported by more than...
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Landes Eric (CI/AMM1-...
dcma_eric
Dec 4, 2007 4:02 pm
One of the issues we have here is that as we adopt Agile, we are getting a much better collaboration between business unit stakeholders and our IT group. As I...
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Paul Oldfield
pauloldfield1
Dec 4, 2007 4:21 pm
(responding to Eric) ... Whatever the cause for the change, there is some opportunity to consider improving process. It might be that we understood the...
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Stuart Corcoran
stuart_corcoran
Dec 4, 2007 4:55 pm
Eric's business analysis manager raises a good point, one we are pondering ourselves at the moment. We have a separate QA group (which I manage) and they...
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bernie.thompson
Dec 6, 2007 5:51 am
There are domains where the most efficient way (or arguably the only way) to learn something about your software is by putting it in front of the customer, or...
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osobird
Dec 9, 2007 7:22 pm
Hi, I've been following this forum with interest, and have a few questions. 1) I've read that some prefer to track the progress of their projects with a CFD,...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Dec 9, 2007 7:51 pm
... At any moment, the board represents a snapshot of inventory, or a vertical slice through the CFD. The CFD could measure the throughput of kanbans...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Dec 9, 2007 8:20 pm
Hi Guys I did a session at Agile North on Kanban a couple of weeks ago. I mutteres a bit and stuck up a slide saying 'Go to google, type "David Anderson...
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osobird
Dec 9, 2007 10:37 pm
"There are a variety of reasons to size the stories similarly, although I'd argue that it's most important to set an upper limit and let the natural lower...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Dec 10, 2007 12:32 am
I think it really depends on the circumstances and the preferences of the team, so your inclination to use a coarser grained story is probably just fine....
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Bill Ramos [Microsoft]
billatms
Dec 10, 2007 4:05 am
Hi Chris, I think what the game is missing is the simulation of multi-tasking that occurs today - especially for managers who read somewhere that developers...
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Bill Ramos [Microsoft]
billatms
Dec 10, 2007 4:54 am
P.S. The Job Shop game may be even more interesting in the Kanban game because it simulates the problem of what happens if you don't control the flow of jobs...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Dec 10, 2007 4:59 am
I think you should submit this as a workshop idea for Agile 2008. I'd be happy to help out on the day if it gets accepted. ... people....
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Kevin Rutherford
rutherfordso...
Dec 10, 2007 8:31 am
Hi Chris, (Commenting as someone who was there...) I liked the idea of the game -- kinda reminiscent of Goldrat's matchstick game. As you say, the meaning of...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 10, 2007 12:50 pm
... Seconded - I think there are some great opportunities for Kanban related submissions to Agile 2008, given the way that it is being structured this year. ...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 10, 2007 1:00 pm
Hi John ... Yes. See Corey's answer! We "T-Shirt size" (very high level estimate) the postIt notes (actually index cards) and use those numbers for the...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 10, 2007 2:21 pm
Following up the post about ideas for submissions to Agile 2008, heres a start: Experience Reports - as many as possible! Kanban Tutorial/Workshop - a session...
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osobird
Dec 10, 2007 7:47 pm
Karl, when you wrote "We T-Shirt size (very high level estimate) the postIt notes (actually index cards) and use those numbers for the vertical axis." so to...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Dec 10, 2007 9:37 pm
Spot on Kevin I think the game may have potential but at the moment it is a bit too rough wround the edges. We need to practice and polish if we are going to...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 10, 2007 9:40 pm
... The sum of the t-shirt sizes. If we have 3 MMFs, a XS, S and an M, and a XS = 1, S = 2 and M = 3, then the vertical axis will be 1 + 2 + 3 = 6. Is that...
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osobird
Dec 12, 2007 4:26 am
Yep thanks, that clears it up. So given that you are using 'story points' I assume you are tracking your velocity and using that for forward planning, rather...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Dec 12, 2007 9:44 am
... Yes we are tracking velocity, and use it for some very simple forward planning, but not in as much detail as I've done with Scrum and XP teams in the past....
