Sizing: the Do's and Don'ts

This week, we delve into the key elements of a Kanban board, such as workflow definitions, cycle time, throughput, work item age, and Work-In-Progress (WIP). We break down the types of work—discovery, development, and delivery—and discuss the critical time horizons: discovering the "next best thing," developing with evidence, delivering customer-ready products, and reflecting on past releases. Dive into the importance of avoiding backward movement on the Kanban board and explore the use of swim lanes to facilitate flexible workflow. Discover the benefits of separating discovery work items from development work items and the option of combining all elements into a single work item with subtasks. Access the Kanban Guide in OVER 10 languages here: ⁠⁠https://kanbanguides.org/english/⁠⁠ About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/⁠⁠⁠⁠ John Coleman's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. ⁠#scrum⁠ ⁠#agile⁠ ⁠#workflow #kanban #management #kanbanguides --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

What are the different classes of service? Should you have classes of service? What are some other options? What does the Kanban Guide say about Classes of Service? Tune in to this week's episode of Agility Island to find out. Access the Kanban Guide in OVER 10 languages here: ⁠https://kanbanguides.org/english/⁠ About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/⁠⁠⁠ John Coleman's website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses⁠⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. ⁠#scrum⁠ ⁠#agile⁠ ⁠#workflow #kanban #classesofservice #kanbanguides --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

You may have heard of funnels in Kanban - but what exactly are they? How do they work? How do they change the way we work? Check out my definition of workflow video: https://youtu.be/rmaE7ipr2p0?si=bi6-tRGjJ0OVZTR5 Access the Kanban Guide in OVER 10 language here: https://kanbanguides.org/english/ About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/⁠⁠ John Coleman's website: ⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ ⁠⁠ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses⁠⁠ Thank you for listening. ⁠#scrum⁠ ⁠#agile⁠ ⁠#workflow #kanban --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

Workflows? How are they defined? What policies should you try on your kanban board? Access the Kanban Guide FREE here in over 10 languages: https://kanbanguides.org/ About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/⁠ John Coleman's website: ⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ ⁠ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses⁠ Thank you for listening. ⁠#scrum⁠ ⁠#agile⁠ ⁠#workflow #kanban --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

#agile #scrum #productowner What are some of the things you should TRY and some things you should AVOID when sizing? Try these tips to take your product backlog to the next level! Articles mentioned in this episode: Monte Carlo Probabilistic Forecasting: https://medium.com/agileinsider/is-release-planning-done-in-scrum-managing-stakeholder-expectations-forecasting-c0064371ee64 The product owner, product leader, product manager and the Scrum accountabilities: https://medium.com/agileinsider/the-product-owner-product-leader-product-manager-and-the-scrum-accountabilities-f9716f78c70d About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/ John Coleman's website: ⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses Thank you for listening. ⁠#scrum⁠ ⁠#agile⁠ ⁠#productmanagement --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

Tom Gilb joins me on this week's episode of the Agility Island podcast to discuss what stakeholders need and how to solve solve customer problems, opportunities and threats? On the agenda: 1. How can we, as practitioners, be better at eliciting what stakeholders really need, who the right stakeholders are, and how can we solve customer problems, opportunities, and threats? 2. Tom’s Background 3. Review and quality control of requirements 4. Definition of ready 5. Definitions of success and failure and examples 6. Value objectives 7. The principles of success planning and definition: Define the success criteria and the constraints of the failure criteria 8. The importance of rigorous systematic thought 9. Definition of the state of success 10. Scientific inquiry 11. The secret of avoiding failure 12. No evil and outsmarting the evil 13. Limiting losses 14. Choose good 15. The importance of having estimates for much safety will be delivered in a timeframe 16. Who are your critical stakeholders? Who do we need t look after? 17. Tom’s experience at Boeing 18. Value requirements and examples 19. Constraint levels: intolerable, tolerable, success, stretches 20. Impact estimation tables 21. Long-term objectives: mature planners vs. immature planners 22. Technical debt 23. Laws of project success 24. Ethics of success 25. De-composing stakeholder needs 26. Delivering miracles while in planning mode? Tom’s Amazon Repository: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Tom-Gi... Tom Gilb on Leanpub: https://leanpub.com/u/tomgilb Tom’s website (free ebooks): https://www.gilb.com/ About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolem... John Coleman's website: https://orderlydisruption.com/ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: https://orderlydisruption.com/collect... Thank you for watching. #scrum #agile #productmanagement --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

Witness the power of collaboration as these roles/accountabilities harmoniously converge to create a winning formula. Explore how Product Owners, Product Leaders, and Product Managers align their efforts, leveraging their unique perspectives and skill sets to drive product success. Learn about their interplay in agile environments and how they contribute to creating customer-centric, market-leading products. Get ready to elevate your product management skills and propel your career to new heights! About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/ John Coleman's website: https://orderlydisruption.com/ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses Thank you for listening. #scrum #agile #productmanagement --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

Scrum: 1. The accountabilities in Scrum 2. Product owner 3. The role of developers in Scrum Product management: 1. Design Lead 2. Tech Lead 3. Product Manager Is there any overlap? Some. About John Coleman: John Coleman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/ John Coleman's website: https://orderlydisruption.com/ Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses Thank you for listening. #scrum #agile #productmanagement --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

Throughput is important. But what is it, how do you measure it and what role does value play? Enjoyed this episode? Or perhaps you may have a question? Let's connect on  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/ or  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncolemanagilitychef/?hl=en   If you are looking for scrum or kanban training, check out my upcoming courses at: https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses   As always, thank you for listening! #scrum #kanban #agile #managementconsulting --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message

What if I told you there is one 1 question you can ask to figure out where you are in the product life cycle?    Moreover, what if I told you figuring out where you are can tell you the kind of complexities you can expect to deal with?   Ready? Let's go.   Enjoyed this episode? Or perhaps you may have a question? Let's connect on  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/ or  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johncolemanagilitychef/?hl=en   If you are looking for scrum or kanban training, check out my upcoming courses at: https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses   As always, thank you for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agilityisland/message