Kanban – Pizza Game Agile Tour 2013 - Vietnam

Games gives experience

It start from where you are …normally from an existing process Kanban It start from where you are …normally from an existing process Try to produce as many as you can & avoid wasted material No fixed iterations & we play till you hear the music

Let's Play the game

6 Practices of Kanban Commonly Lead time We use a point system that rewards finished products and punishes unfinished inventory

Point system to measure and optimize flow

6 Practices of Kanban Visualize the Limit Work in workflow Progress (WIP) Manage the Flow Normally Lead time We use a point system that rewards finished products and punishes unfinished Do you have a workflow? Make a station for each step Where was unfinished work piling up? Select a WIP limit Mark your stations with the WIP Limit

6 Practices of Kanban Implement Feedback Loops Make Process Policies Explicit Improve Collaboratively Make it easy for people to do the right things, and do them right Are you regularly reviewing your work and processes? Hold standups and retrospectives Use metrics and models to continuously improve

Visualize you workflow & limit your work in progress

Let's Play Again !

Stop!!! - Let’s measure the points

New Pizza !!! Like in real world, things change ! Slim green post-its as rucola (rocket salad) Each piece has 7 of them Rucola burns in the oven (Pieces have to be put on a baked pizza)

Now, we produce based on orders Cash on Delivery: Points are given only for fully delivered orders Orders can be picked up from a central defined location Finished orders must be delivered to another central location

Let's Play Again !

Stop!!! - Let’s measure the points

Let's Play Again !

Stop!!! - Let’s measure the points

Draw your workflow Use your materials to make it look nice Look back to the game Draw the flow including WIP limits

6 Practices of Kanban Visualize the workflow Limit Work in Progress (WIP) Manage the Flow Implement Feedback Loops Make Process Policies Explicit Improve Collaboratively

CIO for a Swiss Financial Company Alexandre Cuva CIO for a Swiss Financial Company Experience with distributed Scrum teams in Vietnam & India Agile Transition Coach, Scrum Master, Product Owner Management 3.0 & Certified Scrum Developer Trainer Event speaker ITIL V3 “I coach teams and organization to become highly productive.” E-mail : alexandre.cuva@gmail.com http://www.slideshare.net/GToronto Speaker

Kanban Pizza Game by agile42 is licensed under Further information: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany License. Further information: www.agile42.com/training/kanban-pizza-game info@agile42.com Photos by agile42: Ralf Kruse Martin von Weissenberg Agile Finland: Tampere Goes Agile 2011 Flickr: wheels3217 quinnanya el_floz TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋)