Seattle lean coffee 9/1

Over management

Identify

Correct

Bill of rights

Visibility

Needs / wants

Couch arguments in terms of drivers

Bottom line?
Value in terms of value to bottom line
Estimate work in terms of $value and $expense

History

Became that way

PO left

Visibility of work

Patient wait time

Pizza in 15 min or it's free

If more than 4 in line we'll open another checkout

Wants patients to feel respected and recommend to comunity

Wants to spend needed time per patient but not have patients frustrated waiting

Identifying the perfect product owner

Desirable traits

Trusted by their executives

The right types of ears and mouths

Traits to avoid

Cant't say no to team or customer

Don't respect or trust resources

How to identify those traits

This person is going to tell you yes and no, do you like working with this person?

What is a product owner

The vision holder

The mouthpiece of the team up the org chart

Kanban game

Agile game

Go through mock of all sprint ceremonies and work

Kanban game

Visualize work

Steel "work" from agile game- build 4 story house of cards in 6min

Limit wip

Pulls from prioritized list, so still need prioritized backlog

Can add new tasks during work event

Scrumban game?

Reverse brainstorming?

What would make the kanban game terrible?
Chaos.
What causes chaos?
Lack of introspection/breaks
Lack of understanding of what kanban is
Lack of clear instructions
Lack of defined rolls
Lack of clear vision of goal
Build voltron. Write down each task to build volition.
Identify task size (build a lion or build red armor?)

Wicked problems and lean

Unsolvable problems, only good enough

Continuous improvemnt

Iterative attempts

Measure

Cynefin

Wicked questions

Two good things that are in opposition to each other

Want kids who respect what you say but are independent thinkers
Line managers can cut costs but that may undermine higher managements goals to deliver customer value
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