location_city Melbourne schedule Jul 30th 12:15 - 01:00 PM AEST place EN102 L100 people 45 Interested

Given that Kanban is more than just "Post-its on wall", getting started is often misunderstood and leads to shallow implementations that don't give you much bang for your buck. In this talk, I will give you a brief introduction of how to get a Kanban implementation underway effectively using a technique that has been tried and tested worldwide. We will look at STATIK - the "Systems Thinking Approach to Introducing Kanban". As we unpack it, you'll see that it can be very helpful in getting your Kanban system started in the right way and will help guide the conversations that you need to have to get started.

 
 

Outline/Structure of the Talk

Walk through each element of STATIK

Learning Outcome

A basic understanding of STATIK

Target Audience

Anyone looking to apply Kanban

Prerequisites for Attendees

Ideally, attendees should have a basic level of understanding of Kanban. You can refer to an old meetup slidepack for more information:

https://www.slideshare.net/DanielPloeg/kanban-for-beginners-meetup-october-2018

Slides


schedule Submitted 4 years ago

  • Sue Hogg
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    Sue Hogg - Context is king! A systems thinking approach to further understand your company context...

    Sue Hogg
    Sue Hogg
    Group Program Manager
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  • Rick Giner
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    Rick Giner - Increase your profits by a factor of four: the compelling business case for Inclusive Design

    30 Mins
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    We've all heard that digital Accessibility is the right thing to do. We probably all know it's a legal requirement. But does it really make business sense to put in the effort to become compliant? In this presentation Rick will explore and challenge some of the common justifications for avoiding the requirement - and look at how we can in fact make a very compelling case for building products with Inclusive Design and Accessibility in mind.

  • Justin Holland
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    Justin Holland - Cultivating quiet: The death of the need to always DO (Working Title)

    Justin Holland
    Justin Holland
    Senior Business Analyst
    Xero
    schedule 4 years ago
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    30 Mins
    Interactive
    Beginner

    I wrote this blog a short while ago: https://medium.com/@justin.holland/cultivating-quiet-38cec9466feb

    I feel like there are other continuous improvement addicts, or perennial impostor syndrome sufferers that feel the compulsive need to be more than they are, and do more in order to reach that unattainable perfect state of being...

    And I know that a bunch of us find ourselves in a state of constant information processing & overload... thanks to the infinite information we are exposed to every day.

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    Some come and have a little chat, and reflect, about the role of not doing... and instead... being... (quietly)

  • Daniel Prager
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    Daniel Prager / Andi Herman - When at first they don't want to change: Shared lessons from Addiction Therapy and Agile Coaching

    45 Mins
    Talk
    Intermediate

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    These approaches offer insights into how to flex and adapt your coaching approach in the face of some of the most common human impediments to change.

  • Ed O'Shaughnessy
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    Ed O'Shaughnessy / Alexandra Stokes / Jeanette Peterson / Mark Barber / Penelope Barr / Renee Troughton / Robyn Elliott / Tomas Varsavsky - The Good, Bad & Ugly: what we've learned in 10 years of scaling agile -- a panel discussion

    45 Mins
    Panel
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    PLEASE NOTE: this session will be recorded live by The Weekly Reboot podcast and made available for public consumption. Your attendance will be taken as acceptance to being recorded and publicly broadcast.

  • Mia Horrigan
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    Mia Horrigan - How to survive the Zombie Scrum Apocalypse

    45 Mins
    Workshop
    Intermediate

    A couple of years ago Christiaan Verwijs and Johannes Schartau coined the term ‘Zombie-Scrum’. What's it all about?

    Well, at first sight Zombie Scrum seems to be normal Scrum. But it lacks a beating heart. The Scrum teams do all the Scrum events but a potential releasable increment is rarely the result of a Sprint. Zombie Scrum teams have a very unambitious definition of what ‘done’ means, and no drive to extend it. They see themselves as a cog in the wheel, unable and unwilling to change anything and have a real impact: I’m only here to code! Zombie Scrum teams show no response to a failed or successful Sprint and also don’t have any intention to improve their situation. Actually nobody cares about this team. The stakeholders have forgotten the existence of this team long time ago.

    Zombie Scrum is Scrum, but without the beating heart of working software and its on the rise. This workshop will help you understand how to recognise the symptoms and cuases of Zombie Scrum and what you can do to get started to combat and treat Zombie-Scrum. Knowing what causes Zombie Scrum might help prevent a further outbreak and prevent the apocalypse

  • James Holmes
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    James Holmes - "Agile Software Development actually involves writing software," and other shocking facts.

    30 Mins
    Interactive
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    • "Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility."
    • "Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential."
    We'll cover these by bringing Extreme Programming (XP) up-to-date. We'll also go over software design principles and practices that help, including:
    • loose coupling and tight cohesion
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    Expect to see actual code running on an actual computer at some point.
  • Daniel Ploeg
    Daniel Ploeg
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    Evogility
    schedule 4 years ago
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    45 Mins
    Workshop
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    Using Origami, attendees will see how flow can work in a "pull system" and compare that to the way it responds to a "push system". From this simple simulation, attendees will experience how increased WiP actually slows down our ability to deliver something to a customer.

    Come along and experience flow and how you can start to improve your customer outcomes, not by doing more but by doing less!

  • Gabor Devenyi
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    Gabor Devenyi / Jayavalli Vadrevu - Agile in Action - Build a Paper City

    90 Mins
    Workshop
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    This is going to be a very interactive workshop while teams get to learn Agile while having fun.

  • David Williams
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    David Williams - Deep dive into Value: What is it? Are you sure?

    David Williams
    David Williams
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    schedule 4 years ago
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    45 Mins
    Interactive
    Beginner

    Value is often used when designing and deciding on what work to do next. It’s central to both Agile and Lean principles. Together we will explore the question of value and challenge each other on what it is and how we use it?

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  • Neil Killick
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    Neil Killick - Slicing heuristics - Techniques for improving value generation, speed to market and delivery predictability

    60 Mins
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    Advanced

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    • continuous improvement (inspect and adapt),
    • maximising the amount of work not done (simplicity and focus)
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    Best results are obtained if heuristics are applied for all types of work, by all of the folks collaboratively across the value chain, but they can be used as safe-to-fail experiments by individuals and groups wherever they sit in the product delivery pipeline.

    From a practical perspective, they involve:

    • slicing deliverables at all levels, not only "story"
    • flow metrics (cycle times and variation)
    • specific inspect and adapt / continuous improvement activities to improve speed-to-market and predictability
    • big visible boards (ideally)

    Come and learn about this powerful, practical approach to improving agility in your team or organisation from wherever you sit right now.

  • Chris Chan
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    Chris Chan - 3 Ways to Become More Self-Aware

    30 Mins
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    Self-awareness is about learning to observe yourself not only through your own eyes but through others people’s eyes too. When you are self-aware, you know your strengths and weaknesses and how to manage them in the workplace.
    I will introduce a model for developing self-awareness using the Johari Window that will help you better understand your relationship with others and yourself. I will share how you can design a feedback session to builder greater self-awareness, lift your performance and unlock the key to personal growth.
    Working in an agile environment where individuals and interactions is important, greater understanding of yourself and how you interact with others will lead to greater team and organisational success.
  • Timothy Newbold
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    Timothy Newbold - Why Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is one of the worst kept secrets to organisational success

    90 Mins
    Workshop
    Intermediate

    Hearing a lot about Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), but still a little unclear what they're about? Maybe you're hearing all the chatter and it's tweaking your interest! Well, join me for a farside chat and all will be revealed.

    In this session we'll get under the hood of OKRs to understand the history, the core concepts and cut our teeth in a manner which allows us to take them back to our teams for further exploration.

    At minimum, you'll walk out of the session with some clear goals for the coming quarter!

     

    Do we know our stuff?
    OKR Quickstart coaches and consults businesses on how to create strategic clarity, achieve audacious goals and build high performing teams. We've helped hundreds of people and businesses introduce OKR so that everyone finds crazy value out of them (not just the exec team). We've made every mistake in the book and this session summarises some of our biggest learnings!

  • Daniel Prager
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    Daniel Prager / Lan Diep / Ross MacIntyre - The Facilitation Dojo

    90 Mins
    Workshop
    Intermediate

    Skilled facilitators help groups to collaborate effectively, generate and explore ideas, make better decisions, innovate, challenge each other constructively, and more.

    In this workshop we explore three relational exercises that will help you to begin or continue to develop as a facilitator:

    1. Facilitator power and presence
    2. Listening as a super-power
    3. Exploring perspectives without getting triggered

    Practicing and refining these skills will help you not just in facilitation, but also in leadership and coaching.

  • Gus Irisa
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    Gus Irisa - Agile Coaching Hats - a conversation tool to gain shared alignment

    Gus Irisa
    Gus Irisa
    Agile Coach
    Elabor8
    schedule 4 years ago
    Sold Out!
    30 Mins
    Interactive
    Intermediate

    The Agile Coaching Hats is a lean approach to contract with your teams and have a shared alignment that will help you to kick off the conversations with your teams on the right foot.

    Usually the coach’s experience or gut feel tells which hat (Also called coaching stance) to wear for a specific situation or context. The Agile Coaching Hats leverage on that through a collaboration game that enables great conversations to meet the expectations of the team and avoid any surprises around the coach’s approach to support the coachee’s.

  • Neil Kingston
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    Neil Kingston - Do project managers still matter? | A Case Study

    45 Mins
    Case Study
    Beginner

    For many Agilist the idea of having a project manager attracts scorn and derision. The idea of having one at is laden with bad memories, mental baggage and principled objections.

    So, is there a role for a project manager in an Agile organisation? There is, but it requires a different style of project manager and a project manager that thinks differently.

    My company’s ongoing transition from project-based delivery to product-led Agile delivery runs in parallels to my own personal transition leading a team of project managers into this world.

  • Mark Grebler
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    Mark Grebler - High performing software engineering teams: how to grow then and how to slow them

    30 Mins
    Talk
    Beginner

    This presentation will have a close look at what makes high performing software development teams, as well as what hinders them. It will cover each level of the organisational hierarchy starting at individual software developer, then group of engineers, full cross-functional product-engineering team, wider product-engineering department, and finish at the entire company. At each level, we will see multiple examples of teams to see what factors contribute to high performing software teams, as well as less performant teams.

  • Chris Chan
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    Chris Chan - Growing your Agile Mindset by Overcoming Your Immunity To Change

    90 Mins
    Workshop
    Beginner

    Due to requests and feedback, this is a repeat of last year's session for those who missed it.

    How do you develop an agile mindset? You can't teach it, but you can grow it by changing your beliefs.

    In this session we will cover a brief introduction to the research by Kegan and Lahey where they discovered that behind each of our habits is a strongly held belief that not only keeps us in our groove, but also fights any change that threatens the status quo.

    We will discuss why personal growth and increasing our mental complexity is so important for agile and business transformations in today's VUCA world to succeed.

    We will create your Immunity To Change Map which is a simple way to bring to light the your personal barriers to change. We will start by outlining your commitment to an improvement goal. Then we will sketch out the things that you are either doing or not doing that prevent progress towards the achievement goal. The Map then identifies competing commitments, as well as the big underlying assumptions behind those competing commitments.

    The objective is to pinpoint and address whatever beliefs and assumptions are blocking you from the changes you want to make.

    You will leave this workshop with a better understanding and tools to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work.

  • Katrina Kolt
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    Katrina Kolt - 4 Fundamentals for impactful Enterprise Agile Coaching

    Katrina Kolt
    Katrina Kolt
    Agile Capability Lead
    Coles
    schedule 4 years ago
    Sold Out!
    60 Mins
    Interactive
    Intermediate

    Seeking to understand how you can be a change agent in your organisation beyond Agile Team Coaching?

    At this interactive session we’ll explore the world of Enterprise Agile Coaching.

    Learn how to:

    1. Radically interrogate your organisation’s reality
    2. Diagnose the reinforcing behaviours affecting change in your organisation
    3. Uncover the stories folks tell themselves that limit change
    4. Implement a lean change model to fuel Agile adoption
  • Katrina Kolt
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    Katrina Kolt - What’s flow got to do with it?

    Katrina Kolt
    Katrina Kolt
    Agile Capability Lead
    Coles
    schedule 4 years ago
    Sold Out!
    60 Mins
    Interactive
    Intermediate

    An interactive session where we’ll play a short version of the Kanban pizza game to demo how you can supercharge your team to see great flow of work.

    We’ll explore classic limiters to flow and how you can overcome these.

    Expect to:

    • Delve into the world of Kanban in a non-scary way
    • Understand how to become a waste removal superhero
    • Learn three easy metrics to fuel your team’s continual improvement
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