Going back to my Kanban book I've realised my initial assumption isn't exactly correct. I'm really trying to measure throughput and what I'd failed to notice...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Nov 1, 2010 11:07 am
Hello, pauliokanban. On Monday, November 1, 2010, at 5:52:51 AM, ... What does "doing well" mean to you? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Hope is not a...
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Karl Scotland
kjscotland
Nov 1, 2010 12:05 pm
Hi Joanie What do you mean by "on deck"? A clear understanding of this might help answer the questions. It feels like it might be part "queue", and part "in ...
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Matthias Bohlen
mbohlende
Nov 1, 2010 1:00 pm
Hi Paulio, ... this depends on how you define the name "throughput" or the term "doing well". Do you mean something like "business value created per week" or...
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Matthias Bohlen
mbohlende
Nov 1, 2010 2:22 pm
Hi, does the word "one" in the term "one piece flow" mean the same thing as the word "one" in "WIP limit = 1" ? In other words, does a one piece flow always...
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Ian Carroll
iancarroll1973
Nov 1, 2010 2:33 pm
Hi All, When playing cards through the board we often come up against the situation where a 3rd party dependency blocks the card. The blockage is beyond the...
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Sameh Zeid
samehsz
Nov 1, 2010 2:37 pm
Hi folks, I've facilitated the construction of Visual Board for the end-to-end Value Stream for a development organization consisting of multiple component ...
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Rick Simmons
simmons3k
Nov 1, 2010 2:48 pm
When the dependency is a core part of the value stream, I've had teams create separate wait states for work that is sitting outside the team and blocks them ...
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pauliokanban
Nov 1, 2010 3:46 pm
... Measuring velocity it a way of knowing how well a team is getting through their to-do list based on the story points assigned to the "tasks" in hand. So...
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pauliokanban
Nov 1, 2010 3:58 pm
Yes thanks I've come around to seeing that I need something that smells very much like velocity. As I mentioned I was thinking about something like that on a...
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Ged Byrne
gedb01
Nov 1, 2010 4:30 pm
Matthias, They are two different things. One piece flow is a Lean term which you can see defined here: http://www.strategosinc.com/onepieceflow.htm. For the ...
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Pablo Emanuel
pabloemanuel2
Nov 1, 2010 4:38 pm
<<Thanks very much though, although I'm slightly disapointed to having to assign some form of story points there really isn't a practical alternative if I want...
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Ged Byrne
gedb01
Nov 1, 2010 4:45 pm
Ian, I would say that this falls under the concept of "Internal"; and "External"; sources of variability discussed in Chapter 19 of David Anderson's Kanban book....
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Alan Baljeu
alanbaljeu
Nov 1, 2010 6:17 pm
How about every story gets one point. Only if a story feels too big, break it up and count the resulting stories. Each will be "wrong", but on average it will...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Nov 1, 2010 6:47 pm
Hello, Ian. On Monday, November 1, 2010, at 10:33:05 AM, you ... When this happens, kanban is telling you something. What do you do about what it is telling...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Nov 1, 2010 6:52 pm
Hello, pauliokanban. On Monday, November 1, 2010, at 11:46:36 AM, ... Yes ... and what does "doing well" mean to you? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com For...
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Ron Jeffries
ronaldejeffries
Nov 1, 2010 6:54 pm
Hello, pauliokanban. On Monday, November 1, 2010, at 11:58:07 AM, ... If you could track progress, what would that give you? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com...
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thierry henrio
thierry.henrio
Nov 1, 2010 9:36 pm
Hello Joanie ... I add more questions : What characterizes a "on deck" item ? How do you work on it ? What standardized results are you awaiting from this work...
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thierry henrio
thierry.henrio
Nov 1, 2010 10:47 pm
Hello Matthias ... "Flow where you can, Pull when you can't" I will add a development workflow to add to what Ged said : suppose you have a {specify, code,...
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Rob Park
rpark68
Nov 2, 2010 12:48 am
I've seen a bunch of this over the last year. And I don't have any answers. I've tried leaving it on our board (with a different color), but not counted ...
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Eb
amaeze77
Nov 2, 2010 1:09 am
Hey Ian - ... Maybe there is a (c) here which is creating buffer queue with a WIP limit for that activity. Ultimately, what do you want the board to show you...
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teemupuurunen@...
teemupuurune...
Nov 2, 2010 9:50 am
Hi Zameh, I'll bring my two cents to this topic. First a short introduction as this is my first post on this forum. I had the pleasure to participate in David...
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Michael Sahota
sahotam...
Nov 2, 2010 9:50 am
The closest I have seen to single piece flow is using the XP practice of story swarming where everyone on the team who can work on a story works on it. This...
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Robert Brazier
rob_brazier
Nov 2, 2010 11:12 am
Teemu: Thanks for that post. I really like your reminder, "Your role is to try to think of ways to speed up the process of learning." Very valuable in my...
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Sameh Zeid
samehsz
Nov 2, 2010 1:35 pm
Hi Teemu, Regarding stand-ups my immediate priority is to: - re-iterate that the board should reflect the reality - involve participants from all stages of...
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Ian Carroll
iancarroll1973
Nov 2, 2010 9:52 pm
Hi Guys, Many thanks for the replies. Like most situations there seems to be several root causes at play here depending on the nature of the work...
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Adam Sroka
adamjaph
Nov 2, 2010 10:12 pm
Hi Ian: I'm pretty sure that that was Ron's point above. It sticks out like a sore thumb, because it should stick out. Kanban is all about seeing what is ...
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Ian Carroll
iancarroll1973
Nov 2, 2010 10:24 pm
Hi Adam, You're right about the things that seem to be impossible to change. The organisation I'm working with right now are making great progress with Kanban...
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pauliokanban
Nov 3, 2010 7:40 am
You're very patient in teasing an answer from me. Skipping the answer of 'cracking the whip' the ultimate ans is give the biz confidence we will deliver xyz....
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pauliokanban
Nov 3, 2010 7:43 am
Just a quick post to say thanks, I'll need some time to digest this...
