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Prioritise: Kanban Recipe for Success Step 5. Presented at the Sydney Limited WIP Society
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PrioritiseKanban Recipe for Success: Step Five
Jason [email protected]
[email protected]@jchyip
http://jchyip.blogspot.com
HOMEWORK CHECK
What step(s) did you take to start balance demand against throughput?
The Recipe for Success
1. Focus on Quality2. Reduce WIP3. Deliver Often4. Balance Demand Against
Throughput5. Prioritise6. Attack Variability to Improve
Predictability
PRIORITISE
Optimise the value of, not just quantity of, delivery
"There is little point in paying attention to prioritization when there is no predictability in delivery. Why waste effort trying to order the input when there is no dependability in the order of delivery?”
David Anderson, Kanban
HOW MIGHT WE PRIORITISE?
Product Owner / Business Sponsor
HiPPO (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion)
Debate / Consensus
Return on Investment
This feature provides $1M of value but will delay release by 1 month.
Should we do it?
This feature provides $1M of value but will delay release by 1 month. Cost of delay is $2M / month.
Should we do it?
Cost of Delay
"We simply have no business trading money for cycle time if we do not know the economic value of cycle time."
Don Reinertsen, The Principles of Product Development Flow
Cost of Delay functions
http://leanagilechange.com/leanagilewiki/index.php?title=Cost_of_Delay
Weighted Shortest Job First
HOMEWORK
What is the smallest step you could take to move 1
level up (or more)?
What is your plan to start that step tomorrow?
