All The Pieces Matter
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Its easy to miss the point of Kanban and agile unless you understand some of the context in which it exists. This talk is a brief tour around Systems Thinking, Complexity Theory, Agile Practices, Change Management , Continuous improvement, and Cognitive Neuroscience to explain why Kanban and Agile practices work, and in some cases dont work.
All The Pieces Matter
- 1. all the pieces matter dan brown @kanbandan
- 2. dan brown @kanbandan all the pieces matter
- 3. dan brown @kanbandan I was walking through the garden (watching my step)
- 4. dan brown @kanbandan History Does anyone know when agile started? 2001? How about 1948?
- 5. dan brown @kanbandan Systems Thinking W. Edwards Deming Taiichi Ohno The 95 / 5 rule Its the System, stupid! John Seddon
- 6. dan brown @kanbandan Complexity Theory From Stacey
- 7. dan brown @kanbandan Cynefin to Snowden
- 8. dan brown @kanbandan Complexity Making sense of what we are trying to do Allows us to plan for success Allows us to be comfortable in changing contexts
- 9. dan brown @kanbandan Motivation Dan Pink Drive The surprising truth about motivation Mastery Autonomy Purpose
- 10. dan brown @kanbandan Henrik Kniberg
- 11. dan brown @kanbandan Top down doesnt work Bottom up doesnt work Inside out doesnt work Outside in doesnt work Everyone has to work together Kaizen Culture Top down Bottom up Inside out Outside in Culture
- 12. dan brown @kanbandan Cognitive Neuroscience If we do Cognitive work, maybe we should know more about how our brains work 7賊2 Pairing / Swarming Homo Sapiens is extinct, we are now Homo Narans the story telling ape
- 13. dan brown @kanbandan Multi-tasking Hands up if you ever mentioned Multi- tasking on your CV? How about in a Job Description? Sorry to bring bad news You cant. Really, your brain cannot multi-task Task switching is probably the most expensive activity at Barclays
- 14. dan brown @kanbandan Lets WIP up some Flow Work should flow through our system Traffic should flow through our roads What can we do when it doesnt?
- 16. dan brown @kanbandan Psychology If we do Cognitive work, maybe we should know more about how our brains behave Thinking Fast and Slow System 1 and system 2 Cognitive Biases The Belief Barrier
- 17. dan brown @kanbandan Maths (oh yes, I went there) Simple maths can give you better forecasts than estimates You dont need to understand it from first principles for it to work
- 18. dan brown @kanbandan Summary Agile & Lean Kanban can work just fine if you dont understand the context But they have a better chance if you do Questions
- 19. all the pieces matter dan brown @kanbandan
Editor's Notes
- #5: Not 2001 in Snowbird with the agile manifesto, but back in 1950 with W. Edwards Demming