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My Large Scale Kanban talk at Lean Kanban Central Europe 2011 Conference
Fractal/large-scale Kanban talk from LKCE 2011 — how to scale Kanban across multiple teams using fractal patterns while preserving local flow and visibility.
Here is my talk, together with a great visualization provided by the conference organizers.
My main points were:
- Classes of service do apply when developing products.
- Classes of service don’t cover cases when you need to give different Treatment to different kinds of work, so I introduce Classes of Treatment for context-specific policies for “how to do the work” not just “when to pull what”
- Kanban doesn’t prescribe teams, but what kind of team formation / organizational structure works best? Explored several options and their attributes and effect on Flexibility, Resiliency, Performance.
- Kanban principles and practices scale, in a fractal way. You can zoom in and out as you wish.
- The higher you go, the tougher it is to feel a day to day flow, which is the main challenge of Kanban at higher levels IMHO.
Large Scale Kanban for LKCE11 on Prezi
PS If you were at the talk, I’d love your feedback!
About Yuval Yeret
Yuval is a rare practitioner who has shaped the agility path of dozens of organizations and influenced the frameworks used across the industry. He helps product and technology leaders move from agile theater to evidence-informed, outcome-oriented delivery that creates better value sooner, safer, and happier.