Have your daily standups become stale? Discover how to reinvigorate the conversation by focusing on the core principles of Kanban. Brendan Wovchko of HUGE I/O will explain how to engage teams with meaningful questions that surface problems, reduce process waste and improve the flow of work. You'll learn how to: - “Walk the board” with Kanban - Experiment with fresh questions and techniques - Decide if your daily standup really needs to be daily Enabling your team to identify improvement opportunities on a daily basis promotes self-organization and keeps the focus on delivering value.

1. Evolving Your Daily Stand-Up
with Kanban.
A webinar for LeanKit on March 27, 2016.

3. Hi, I’m Brendan!
I have the best
job in the world!

4. As a CTO my management
style was chaos. The death
march was my methodology.

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7. KanbanDictionary.com
A great resources to learn Kanban terminology.

8. Common Questions about
Stand-Ups
How should Kanban impact our daily stand-ups?
Does the daily stand-up really need to be daily?
How can we prevent our daily stand-up from becoming stale?

9. How does Kanban evolve
the daily stand-up?

10. A dedication to introspective
change will lead your team to
geometric improvement in
happiness and output.

11. Walking the Board
‣ Review the board from right to left.
‣ Focus on creating value, not tracking time.
‣ Hunt for bottlenecked queues and blocked or slow work.
‣ Discuss what can be delivered today or be done faster.
‣ Favor probing questions over repetition.
‣ Value (concise) critical thinking over status updates.

12. How can we make our
stand-ups more engaging?

13. Make your stand-ups
more meaningful by
making them less
predictable.

14. Making Stand-Ups Meaningful
‣ Introduce probing questions.
‣ Take action on problems immediately.
‣ Follow-up.
‣ Use games.

15. Ask Kanban! Game
Let’s review the rules…

16. A Select a silent observer from
the team.
B Team asks probing questions
while walking the board.
C Observer wins if s/he can find a
problem the team didn’t.

17. Is any of our work hidden?
1

18. Which pullable cards
can we act upon?
2

19. Are blocked cards up next?
3

20. Are there cards we can
unblock?
4

21. Which cards
are moving slowly?
5

22. Are any queues bottlenecked?
6

23. Is there demand for
replenishment?
7

24. Are we clear about
what’s next?
8

25. Are we contributing
to outliers?
9

26. Are there cards or queues we
should swarm?
10

27. Are we respecting our
WIP Limits?
11

28. Is anyone assigned
too many cards?
12

29. Are there cards in the
expedite swimlane?
13

30. Should we act on cards owned
by absent team members?
14

31. Does the daily stand-up really
need to be daily?

32. Does the daily stand-up really
need to be daily?
Wrong question!

33. Is my team mature enough to
conduct the daily stand-up
less frequently?

34. It’s okay to do stand-ups less
frequently if your team
demonstrates specific
signs of maturity.

35. 11 Signs of Team Maturity
‣ Demonstrates systems thinking.
‣ Updates board in real-time.
‣ Work isn’t hidden.
‣ Outliers are minimal.
‣ Detect, discuss, and resolve flow issues throughout the day.

36. 11 Signs of Team Maturity
‣ Current lead time metrics are committed to memory.
‣ Next steps for continuous improvement experiments are known.
‣ Expedite and Abort rates are low.
‣ Pull Criteria and other explicit policies are followed.
‣ Meeting isn’t being led or guided by a specific person.
‣ Stakeholders are generally satisfied.

37. Recap
How should Kanban impact our daily stand-ups?
Does the daily stand-up really need to be daily?
How can we prevent our daily stand-up from becoming stale?

38. How do you know if your
team needs training?

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40. Questions & Answers

41. training@huge.io
http://huge.io/
@hugeio
Brendan Wovchko