OK, sounds good. As you mentioned, work requests can vary greatly in size. When does a kanban team estimate the size of a work request? Is any effort spend on...
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Landes Eric (CI/AMM1-...
dcma_eric
Feb 1, 2008 1:06 pm
Not sure if this is helpful Martin, but we are trying to estimate each work item using a point system. This is more to help the team understand work in the...
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Martin Schapendonk
mschapen
Feb 1, 2008 2:50 pm
Eric, thanks for your comments. I'm familiar with the point system and planning poker. But, I know it in relation to Scrum, with fixed sprint length. IMHO,...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Feb 1, 2008 8:29 pm
Hello Martin, There are a couple of schools of thought about estimation. Each has its own +/-. 1. Threshold + kanban limit Work-in-process is limited...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Feb 1, 2008 9:05 pm
Hi Martin The great thing about the situation you describe is that you know the date that the system needs to be delivered into production on. This falls into ...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Feb 2, 2008 5:38 am
Adding to the general thread (having read all the posts)... It's worth mentioning that if the request is really urgent the "expedite"; (or silver bullet)...
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Martin Schapendonk
mschapen
Feb 5, 2008 10:04 am
Everybody thanks for the valuable comments. Although it does sound interesting, I won't have the opportunity to visit Dallas in a few weeks time (The...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Feb 5, 2008 10:53 pm
Well, I try to be careful about what I'm "in favor of," as I am in favor of whatever makes the most sense for the capability of the team in question. I would...
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erwilleke
Feb 6, 2008 1:25 pm
All, In the course of reading the latest thread on strict deadlines, I realized how often this group uses terms that carry a great deal of meaning for people...
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Olav Maassen
kathar_mandel
Feb 6, 2008 1:55 pm
Great initiative....
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Landes Eric (CI/AMM1-...
dcma_eric
Feb 6, 2008 11:29 pm
Martin, Sorry for the delay in the reply. We use the points combined with our completion dates to right now for a good cycle time estimate (we're mainly using...
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Aaron Sanders
aremsan
Feb 8, 2008 5:20 pm
Did a Kanban keyword search: http://submissions.agile2008.org/taxonomy/term/588 Keep checking back, and please submit your reviews!...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Feb 8, 2008 9:47 pm
In putting together a workshop for Agile 2008, I ended up distilling my thoughts down to three key concepts - Kanban, Flow and Cadence - hence KFC. The...
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Kenji HIRANABE
kenjihiranabe
Feb 11, 2008 11:02 pm
Hello, I have just submitted one Lean session. "Learning Kaizen from Toyota [with Mind Map]" http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/2400 I'm thinking of...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Feb 15, 2008 5:20 pm
I won't make a habit of using my own group to promote my new business but I know that many folks in this group would be pleased to hear that I've started my...
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chris.matts@...
chrismatts1968
Feb 15, 2008 6:29 pm
Do you want to add real options to your service offering? ... From: "David J Anderson" <netherby_uk@...> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:20:50 ...
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Kenji HIRANABE
kenjihiranabe
Feb 16, 2008 4:08 am
I submitted a new one. ... New Car Development in Toyota http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/2769 Nobuaki Katayama, the chief engineer of Lexus/SC and IS,...
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Kenji HIRANABE
kenjihiranabe
Feb 16, 2008 4:13 am
Congratulations, David and Corey! I have been a fan of both of your blogs. -Kenji...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Feb 16, 2008 5:03 am
Thank you Kenji. We like your work too! Corey...
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Corey Ladas
corey_ladas
Feb 16, 2008 5:17 am
Chris, I would say at this point that Real Options is certainly high on the list of things we think are interesting. Perhaps you could take this up with David...
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chris.matts@...
chrismatts1968
Feb 16, 2008 8:09 am
Oops sorry Thought i had. Damn that reply all button. ... From: Corey Ladas <coreyl@...> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:18:02 To:kanbandev@yahoogroups.com ...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Feb 20, 2008 6:23 pm
I've been very busy with a lot of changes in my life recently, so I've been tardy submitting to Agile 2008. There are only 5 days to go on the submissions....
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kenjihiranabe
Feb 21, 2008 2:09 pm
Have you seen this video ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpw8h4OGNxg This is a video of a song "Dear XP", and it includes a lot of kanban boards examples and...
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Olav Maassen
kathar_mandel
Feb 22, 2008 3:52 pm
Hi all, there is a new session proposal on Kanban submitted for agile 2008 (not by me). http://submissions.agile2008.org/node/3757 with kind regards, Olav...
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Kenji HIRANABE
kenjihiranabe
Feb 23, 2008 2:53 am
I'm a big fan of GTD! GTD + Kanban... how exciting. -Kenji...
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Aaron Sanders
aremsan
Feb 23, 2008 11:28 pm
based on the coin flipping, and on the xp game of paper airplane making. http://aaron.sanders.name/lean/simulations-for-throughput-and-pull...
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David J Anderson
netherby_uk
Feb 24, 2008 3:58 am
Interesting! Thanks for bringing it to our attention. If this is selected, I'll definitely attend. I want to see how others are adapting techniques. The author...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Feb 24, 2008 12:26 pm
Dear All Gary Sage, the guy who helped me with the NLP work in Real Options has just submitted a Real Option experience report. ...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Feb 24, 2008 1:06 pm
This is freaky. I'm working on a spreadsheet to simulate a very simlar game using dice instead of cards. The aim is to create a huge number of simulations and...
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Henrik Mårtensson
refactored_m...
Feb 25, 2008 11:08 am
... simlar game ... contraint ... Here is a simulation I did a couple of years ago, when I got tired of rolling dice: ...
