Kanban meets Design Thinking An experience report based on the initially conflicting views of a designer and an engineer. A talk given at the BCS London Lean Kanban day 2015 by Chris Young & Michael Stanley. Throughout the talk we explain the journey we both went on to understand and see value in each others processes, ultimately combining to "make the best thing". It also addresses the importance of strong collaboration, optimism and trust throughout that journey.

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Kanban
meets

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Making the
best thing

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what is this gap?

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@worldofchris
@stanleyofc
Chris Young
the engineer
Michael Stanley
the DesignER

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This is the stOry
of a jOurney.

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Nuffield Health.

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Chris loves graphs.

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Another grapH.

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More Graphs.

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Oh ffs.

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Last graph (for a bit).
Backlog Queued Product Design Development Done

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You end up with this.
Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies:
Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior
Tom DeMarco, Peter Hruschka, Tim Lister, Steve
McMenamin, James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson

16. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *okay, we’ve done the opening now...
And that
Is sh!t.

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value in your output.
Lean Enterprise
Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, Barry O’Reilly
*okay, we’ve done the opening now...

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Diverge then converge.
*okay, we’ve done the opening now...

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Nu-rave CFD.
*okay, we’ve done the opening now...

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Stanley
MEGAMIX.
*okay, we’ve done the opening now...

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Find the edges
of the pROblem.
*okay, nearly halfway...

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I dont care abOut
yOur bloody wiP.
*okay, nearly halfway...

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EnOugh prOblems
to get staRted.
*okay, nearly halfway...

24. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *okay, nearly halfway...honest.

25. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Woo! The half way mark.
I'm smiling more.
ChRis Is Looking
More neRvous.

26. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *It’s all down hill from here...

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It's abOut to start
Raining featUres.
*Favourite slide.

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Back to the graphs.
Backlog Queued Product Design Development Done

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Back to the graphs.
Inspiration Ideation Implementation

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"Management must start to gather
data on the cost of acquisition of
ideas being input into the software
development system"
David J. Anderson - Agile management

31. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Anyone still reading these?
Living style guide.

32. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *We’re nearly in the final straight.
Designers SHOULD
HAVE GIT.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
*We’re nearly in the final straight.

34. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *The final push.

35. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *The final push.

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those stand
ups are sh1t.
*The final push.

37. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *The final push.

38. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Still pushing?

39. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc #BOOM
HYPE!

40. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Push it real good.
UnderstanD the
PoweR of in-jOkes.

41. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Ready for the conclusions?
STAY HUMAN.

42. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Conclusions
"Without optimism - the unshakable
belief that things could be better
than they are - then the will to
experiment will be continually
frustrated until it withers"
Tim Brown - Design thinking

43. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Conclusions

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TRUST the PrOcess.

45. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Tweet that.
Designers SHOULD
HAVE GIT.

46. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *We made it.
be a human.

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Make the
best thing

48. @worldofchris | @stanleyofc *Deep breath, it’s over.