lean, kanban, and tfs
DESCRIPTION
Kanban was originally created as a scheduling system to help manufacturing organizations determine what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce. Although this may not sound like software development, these lean principles can be successfully applied to development teams to improve the delivery of value through better visibility and limits on work in process. This webinar will provide an overview of the Kanban method, including the history and motivation, the core principles and practices, and how these apply to efficiency and process improvement in software development. We’ll also describe how Team Foundation Server can be used as a foundation for your work visualization and work flow management. Come join us for this free Webinar!TRANSCRIPT
Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential
Accelerate your Delivery and Reduce Overburdening using
The Kanban Method with Team Foundation Server
Your Speaker
Dave WhiteTechnical Program DirectorImaginet Resources Corp. - Microsoft Partner• Management Board - Lean-Kanban University• Advisory Board - LKU’s Accredited Kanban
Training program– Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT)– Kanban Coaching Professional (KCP)
• numerous Microsoft certifications – Microsoft Certified Trainer
• 15 years of experience• specializes in helping organizations mature their
software development and information technology practices
• passionate about Application Lifecycle Management tooling, techniques, and mindsets and regularly talks and teaches on a wide range of ALM topics
http://www.agileramblings.com
Why I Went Looking
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Symptom
Release Date: in 9-12 months
“We don’t have staff for that project/work”
Lead time for Feature: 12 months
ETA of Bug Fix: ???
“That isn’t what we wanted.”
“We have to get this out right away!”
“The business unit built that?”
“That feature doesn’t matter anymore.”
“We’re really late.”
“We’re waiting on other teams.”
“We’ve got 100s of bugs waiting.”
Problem
Lots of work, not enough capacity• Quality suffers• Features delayed• Technical debt• How much…
• Work??• Capacity??
Disengaged people!
Another Problem
Why is this still a problem?
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My Journey
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What We’ve Tried So Far
Still Looking…• Chaos is … chaotic
• Waterfall not well suited• Large batch, single pass,
long duration workflow
“If we just do it better…”
• Scrum is well suited• prescriptive without
understanding context
And…
Adoption is hard!(People are weird!)
Something different…
KanbanMethod
WAIT!!
kanban?
kanban system?
Kanban Method?
The Kanban Method is…
…an approach to incremental, evolutionary process change for organizations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_(development)
Kanban Method
So Why The Kanban Method• Designed to…
• Be context sensitive• Foster organizational learning• Be evolutionary
• Simple rules to govern complex systems• Teams of people are systems
• Agile methods can emerge• Fully embraces Agile Manifesto
• Lean methods can emerge• Fully embraces Lean Software
Development Principles
• Tactic-agnostic
• Catalyst for organizational improvement
kaizen
To make better
Kanban Method
… and it’s easy to get started
Kanban Method
agile
lean
• 4 principles• 6 practices
Kanban Method Principles
start with what you do now
agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles
encourage acts of leadership
6 CORE PRACTICES
visualize
limit WIP
manage flow
make process policies
explicit
develop feedback mechanisms
improve collaboratively
Visualize
Visualize
Limit WIP
Limit WIP
Manage Flow
Make Process Policies Explicit
Explicit Policies
Explicit Policies
Develop Feedback Mechanisms
Improve Collaboratively with Science!
WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS?
To create a LEARNING capability in our organization that enables CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT!
We must…• Have time to discover and implement kaizen
opportunities• Create theories and experiment • Give ourselves opportunities to fail • Learn from your mistakes
The Benefits I’ve Seen
Benefits of Agile plus…
• Deeper understanding of demand and capacity
• Constantly improving teams• Exposed Constraints
Happy People
Better Teams = Better Business
• Predictability• Agility• Risk Management• Governance• Change Management
Solutions Are Just Waiting to be Discovered
• Work is understood!• Designed to understand demand• Discover capacity• People improve the
system
• People are engaged!• Empowered• Own the improvements• Pull work
• Solving Our Problem• Our processes are
important• Learning-focused
approach
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My Tools
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Team Foundation Server 2012
Team Foundation Server 2012
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 (TFS) is the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) solution.
Kanban on TFS 2012
Kanban on TFS starts with…
http://vsarkanbanguide.codeplex.com/
https://tfs.visualstudio.com/
Ability to track work
Ability to visualize work and flow
Tools Are Enablers
Work Items – The data that is important to you
Tools Are Enablers
Visualize
Tools Are Enablers
Visualize
CFD here
Tools Are Enablers
demo
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How You Can Get Here
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Where to Start
1. Find a Leader2. Get Foundational
Knowledge3. Visualize Your Work4. Limit your WIP5. Focus on HIGH Quality
Call to Action
• Engage• Attend our Accredited Core Kanban class with our
Visual Studio day• Reach out to Dave
• @agileramblings or [email protected]
• Join the Community!• Lean-Kanban University• Come see us at Lean Kanban North America 2013 in Chicago!• kanbandev group (Yahoo)• Limited WIP Society or your local Kanban User Group
Want to know more...?
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