Build Your Kanban Framework

Introduction

This exercise is related to Build Your Scrum Framework and allows attendees to have a go at building a diagram of the Kanban Framework. The workshop structure is based upon the 4 C’s framework described in Sharon Bowman’s Training From The Back of The Room (2009) (Bowman 2009).

Learning Objectives

• Begin to understand how the Kanban framework fits with events, roles and artefacts

Materials

• Copies of the Kanban poster, 1 per group

If Using Tactile & Physical Media For Training

• Printed framework shapes 1 per group
• Printed arrows 1 per group
• Flip chart paper, 1 for each table group
• Blu-tac or similar for sticking to the walls
• Scissors

If Using Electronic Distributed Team Training

• PowerPoint Presentation by Stuart Bargon with the shapes as movable objects
  • Instead of using the cut outs and flip chart paper, try hosting the presentation in design mode whilst sharing the screen with a video conference tool
  • Now the teams can take control of the screen and move the shapes around to design their model

Workshop Flow

Connections (5 Minutes)

1. Start by asking the attendees to split into table groups of 4 and to acquire the necessary materials to start for each table group.

Concepts (0 Minutes)

1. Introduce the reading materials e.g. Kanban Framework.

Concrete Practice (25 Minutes)

1. Ask the attendees to construct their respective Kanban models using any means necessary e.g. using any web based resources they can find.

Conclusions (15 Minutes)

1. Conclude with a show and tell with each table group presenting their models to the attendees
2. Facilitate any questions with the models
3. Finish up with a team share back to discuss their models
4. Finally show a diagram of the Kanban Framework and walk the attendees through it paying attention to:
   • the feedback loops
   • the underlying philosophies Eliminating Waste and Smoothing the Flow of Work
   • how the framework embodies the Agile Manifesto

References

• Training From The Back of The Room, Sharon L. Bowman, Pfeiffer, 2009
• https://weisbart.com/byos, Adam Weisbart, accessed 2018