This document discusses the evils of multi-tasking and how personal Kanban can help. It describes multi-tasking exercises that show how multi-tasking slows people down. It discusses how organizational multi-tasking leads to people working on 3-5 projects at once. Personal Kanban is presented as an alternative, with rules like visualizing workflow, limiting work in progress, and only allowing the task owner to add tasks. Benefits of Personal Kanban include improved flow, focus on achievement over activity, timeboxing, and better work-life balance.

1. Sandy Mamoli
@smamol
sandy@nomad8.com
www.nomad8.com
The evils of multi-tasking
and how personal Kanban can help you

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Multi-tasking Exercise - part 1
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3. Time yourself

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5. Time yourself

6. I realised I had a problem

8. Organisational multi-tasking
“ ... to maximise utilisation and deliver
as many projects as possible, people
are on between 3 to 5 projects at the
time ...”
Head of Project Management Office (PMO)

12. Buzz around the teams

15. Rules of the game

16. A 10-second Kanban recap
‣ Visualise your workflow
- so you know what you’re
doing
‣ Limit work in progress
- so you stop multi-tasking

19. Expedite?

20. Process and flow

21. Achievement not activity

22. Only the owner can add tasks

23. How big should tasks be?

25. Timeboxing

26. Effect on people

28. “No one ever shouts at a wall”
Jim Benson

30. Continuous improvement

31. Better work-life balance

32. Why a physical board?

33. You can’t carry it around

34. Tactile connection

35. Spreading like a rash

36. Making
boards

38. Effects on the
organisation

41. Portfolio Kanban

42. Did I just make this up?

43. h:p://www.personalkanban.com

44. Multi-tasking slows us down
Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking, Gerald Weinberg, 1992

45. So what next?

47. www.kanbanfor1.com
@kanbanfor1
facebook.com/kanbanfor1
@smamol

48. @smamol
sandy@nomad8.com
www.nomad8.com
If you’re interested in seeing this presentation live feel
free to get in touch. I live in Wellington, New Zealand.