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Knaban - Impulses and Ideas

Introduction

Central Ideas

  • Finish started work
  • Establish short feedback loops
  • Clarify what you want to achieve - What is the problem?
    • When have your reached your goal? -> Define Measurements
    • What is unhealthy behavior? -> Define Counter-Measurements
    • Simplify visualization = Easy understanding = Acceptance
  • Achieve Focus
    • Limit WIP (and/or limit Time(box))

Caveats

  • Social aspects are much more important than methodic tools
    • Visualization and “start were you are” are uncomfortable
    • Important aspects: Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Maps and Expectation Management
  • Local optimization leads to global sub-optimizing

Tools

Boards, Metrics, Charts and Diagrams

  • Kaiten - Kanban Boards, Metrics and Charts

  • nave - Advanced Kanban Charts

Prioritizing

  • mauvisoft: Download Posters - Differet posters in different languages: Triage Tables, Dependency Management, Cost of Delay, Understanding Lead Time.

  • Triage Tables and Cost of Delay
  • Quantify first, then prioritize
  • Problem: How do you quantify in complex domains with high uncertainty?
  • Read Troy Magannis work

Change Culture

Bottom up

  • Flight Levels = Thinking model for changing an organization from local optimization to global optimization and common strategy
  • Flight Level 1 = Start with your team (local)
  • Flight Level 2 = Coordinate with other teams (FL2 = Team - to - Team coordination)
  • Flight Level 3 = Find a strategy for all teams

References and Materials

Portals

Blogs

Blog Posts and Articles

Groups and Events

Videos

People

Trainings

Consulting

Books

Other Books