There are 6 core practices of Kanban... and I'm happy with that!

There are 6 core practices of Kanban, and in spite of my preference for 3 (see "There are 3 ... Principles of Kanban"), I'm really happy with that. (I guess 7 would have a nice golden ring to it... but now I am being silly.)

The core practices are:

1. Visualize
2. Limit Work-in-Progress
3. Manage Flow
4. Make Process Policies Explicit
5. Implement feedback mechanisms
6. Improve Collaboratively, Evolve Experimentally (using models & the scientific method)

Nevertheless I've found it useful to start a team off by emphasising three of these (no really):

1. Visualize 
2. Limit Work-in-Progress
3. Improve

Before we can manage the flow we need to see it, and so getting a Kanban board with items moving across it really is the first step. Limiting work in progress is the essence of Lean and fundamental to all agile processes. Surprisingly to most teams, it nearly always brings an immediate impact in increased throughput and reduced lead time. And finally, as the foundational principles tell us, continuous improvement is the whole point. Let's start improving from day one.

There are 3, no make that 4... no really, shouldn't it be 3 Principles of Kanban?

+David Anderson first formulated the Foundational Principles of Kanban a few years ago:

1. Start with what you do now
2. Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
3. Respect the current process, roles, responsibilities & titles

I like that. It makes clear that Kanban is about changing your process (it isn't a process) and also that it's about changing your process in an evolutionary way - step by step, with a viable generation after each significant change. There's no known destination to the ideal, forever-great process, that we can produce a plan for getting to. Unlike the old farmer who replied to a request for directions with "You can't get there from here!", we have to get there from here, so let's start here.

I also like it because there's three! So much easier to remember.

But wait there's more. Recently the principles have been updated and there are now four. I'm sure someone will tell me when and by whom it was added, but I confess I don't know. I just know the fourth one's arrived. Even Wikipedia (2013-04-16) knows it, so it must  be true! So here are the four:

1. Start with what you do now
2. Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
3. Initially, respect current roles, responsibilities & job titles
4. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels from individual contributor to senior management

Yes number four's a good one. It should definitely be there. But do we really need four? Three is much easier to remember, quicker to share, and - when two of the principles say almost the same thing - three could be a potential improvement.

So here's my suggestion for when someone next updates the Principles of Kanban. That is, when they update the three foundational Principles of Kanban:

1. Start with what you do now (including the current roles, responsibilities & job titles)
2. Agree to pursue (incremental) evolutionary change
3. Encourage acts of leadership at all levels (from individual contributor to senior management)

If you want the snappy version, omit the phrases in parentheses.

See also "There are 6 core practices...".

Better Daily Planning Meetings: Asking the Right Questions

+Joe Vallone provides a very useful insight into the right emphasis for daily stand-ups. In his blog Better Daily Planning Meetings: Asking the Right Questions he suggests slightly modifying the well-known standard questions (what did you do yesterday? ... etc.) to:

1. What did you get done yesterday?
2. What will you get done today?
3. What is preventing you from getting work done?

This moves the emphasis from the activities to goals and helps a team focus on finishing work rather than simply doing it.

There's a similar purpose behind the standard Kanban practice of "walking the wall" from right to left, finding where tickets are stationary and seeking to unblock them. Flow only happens when things get done!

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