Evolving Your Daily Stand-Up with Kanban.

A webinar for LeanKit on March 27, 2016.

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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?

How does Kanban evolve the daily stand-up?

A dedication to introspective change will lead your team to

geometric improvement in happiness and output.

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.

How can we make our stand-ups more engaging?

Make your stand-ups more meaningful by

making them less predictable.

Making Stand-Ups Meaningful‣ Introduce probing questions.

‣ Take action on problems immediately.

‣ Follow-up.

‣ Use games.

Ask Kanban! GameLet’s review the rules…

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.

Is any of our work hidden?

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Which pullable cards can we act upon?

2

Are blocked cards up next?

3

Are there cards we can unblock?

4

Which cards are moving slowly?

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Are any queues bottlenecked?

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Is there demand for replenishment?

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Are we clear about what’s next?

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Are we contributing to outliers?

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Are there cards or queues we should swarm?

10

Are we respecting our WIP Limits?

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Is anyone assigned too many cards?

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Are there cards in the expedite swimlane?

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Should we act on cards owned by absent team members?

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

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

Wrong question!

Is my team mature enough to conduct the daily stand-up

less frequently?

It’s okay to do stand-ups less frequently if your team demonstrates specific

signs of maturity.

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.

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.

RecapHow 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?

How do you know if your team needs training?

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