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Habits for continuous improvements
3 & 4 October, 2013 Paris, France
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“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit.”
Aristotle
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Improvements are experiments
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Puff
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Oh, I did NOT
expect that!
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The sound of learning
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Hypothesis
Prediction
Experiment
Observation
Learning
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Expect at least 50% of the
experiments will not give the
expected result
This is when we REALLY learn!
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Let’s do an experiment!
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Cross your arms
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Now cross them the other way
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We need to rewire our brains for
continuous improvements
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Håkan Forss
Lean/Agile Coach
@hakanforss
Agile/Scrum/XP
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Lean & Kanban
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What is a Kata?
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Wax on, wax off
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Create ”muscle memory”
for continuous improvements
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Vision
Current
Condition
Target
Condition
Challenge
Target
Condition
Target
Condition
Target
Condition
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The Vision
Process focused
Not outcome focused
Not a business or company vision
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Toyota’s Vision for Its
Production Operations
Zero defects
100 percent value added
One-piece flow, in sequence, on
demand
Security for people (no injuries)
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Software development
Vision example
Zero defects, in production
100 percent value added
Highest value first, on demand
Security for people (no injuries)
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Get out of the corner office
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What to collect
Data and facts, not gut feel
Process description (Value Stream Map)
Process metrics
Outcome metrics
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Our next target
condition is…
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Beyond the knowledge
threshold
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Put a square peg in a
round hole
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Setting a target condition
Hypothesis on the journey towards
the next Challenge and Vision
Based on your business strategy and
model for process improvement
Follow the Goldilocks rule
Not too hard, Not too easy, Just Right
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Current
Condition
Target
Condition
Challenge
Target
Condition
Target
Condition
Target
Condition
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Current
Condition
Challenge
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Target Condition examples
All work visible
Lead time 60 days (from 80 days)
Work-in-process 15 (from 20)
Deploy to production every 2 weeks
Specification by Example is used for 80% of
the features
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Materials_to_Download.html
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Target
Condition
Current
Condition
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Target
Condition
Current
Condition
P
DC
A
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Leader coaching the learners
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The Improvement Kata Handbook is Copyright © 2012 by Mike Rother
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Materials_to_Download.html
The Improvement Kata Handbook is Copyright © 2012 by Mike Rother
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Materials_to_Download.html
The Improvement Kata Handbook is Copyright © 2012 by Mike Rother
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mrother/Materials_to_Download.html
Rocks !!
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