Personal Kanban

Using Kanban to manage your work

Jonathan FrappierSenior Technical Consultant,

EMC Education

@jfrappier | @commitmas | @vbrownabag

/in/jonathanfrappier

github.com/jfrappiergithub.com/commitmas

www.virtxpert.comwww.professionalvmware.com

Disclaimer*

Always assume:

• When I say how awesome something is what I really mean “In most cases” that thing is awesome.

• Here is one way you could do it, there are many others.

• I can’t draw 7 red lines all perpendicular with red, green, or transparent ink.

• I am not a Lean, Agile, or Kanban religious fanatic. Use them how they best fit your needs.

What is Kanban?

What is Kanban

“Kanban is Japanese for “visual signal” or “card.”

Why Kanban

Why Kanban

“You cannot multitask”

Benefits

• More productive by focusing on a single task

• Physical boards provide

• Visibility

• Invokes conversation & prioritzation

What is Kanban

Example Boards

via Wikipedia

Example Boards

via TargetProcess

Example Boards

via me

Example Cards

via LeanKit

Example Cards

via LeanKit

Practice

via LeanKit

“DevOps is a cultural and operational model that foster collaboration to

enable high performance IT to achieve business goals”

Brian Gracely, Wikibon

http://bit.ly/emc-ed-devops

Tips

• If its sink or swim..

• Don’t jump into the deep end

• Invest in good technique

• Use the buddy system

• It takes time to go bananas

• Practice, practice practice

• Keep it simple

Cool stuff from Leankit

• http://bit.ly/bovmugkb

• http://bit.ly/bovmuglean