Essential Kanban: Feedback and Cadence
Want to control something (like the quality of a service)? You need feedback loops!
Want to improve something (like how your team works)? You need feedback loops!
But that's not all. The cadence of the feedback (how fast you respond to it) must also be right. Respond too quickly after a change, and you may not see its effect. Respond to slowly, and you may lose control.
That's why feedback and cadence are fundamental to how organisms move, how machines are controlled, and how agile organisations respond to changing competitive landscapes. It's also why feedback and cadence are essential elements of the Kanban method. Feedback and cadence are “where it’s at” if you want to build a responsive organisation, since they enable the organisation to
- Choose the right work
- Make that work flow
- Ensure the work’s right, and
- Improve its workflow
Kanban has a schema of seven types of feedback loop that operate at different scales and context. It enables us to explore the existing network of feedback loops in organisations and evaluate the degree to which the feedback loops fulfil their purpose of maximising the flow of value through a services, as well as how bottlenecks to flow appear and move in medium to large business units (which have multiple services within them).
This half-hour webinar - the last in the 2018 Series: Essential Kanban - introduces you to another aspect of the Kanban method, and to its principles and general practices. It will also set you on the road to find out more.
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Webinar duration: 30 minutes, plus questions and discussion
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This series of webinars is a great introduction to Kanban for those new to it, but also a great resource for those familiar with the method, with its straightforward and short descriptions of Kanban's key ideas. Why not invite your colleagues too, perhaps to kick off an informal discussion of how you can use this approach at work?
About the Presenter
Andy Carmichael is a Kanban trainer and coach with Huge IO and a consultant with extensive experience in agile methods and management, in both large and small organisations. Since discovering the impact Kanban can have, not only in software and product development teams, but across organisations, he has focused his work on helping teams use the insights of Kanban to continuously improve the current way they do work, whether through training, writing, or coaching. In 2016 he co-authored, with David J. Anderson, the definitive short guide to the method, Essential Kanban Condensed. He is based in Southampton in the UK.