See announcement at http://edu.leankanban.com/blog/kanban-values-exercise-released

1. Kanban Values Exercise
Mike Burrows
mike@djaa.com
Twitter: @asplake and @KanbanInside
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2. Exercise – Kanban’s Value System
• Map the 4 foundational principles & 6 core
practices to the 9 values
• Hints: 3 practices map to 1 value; 2 values map to 1
practice
• Hint: do the principles first, and do both sets in bottom-to-top
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order
• Reflect & discuss:
• Choose 3 values that resonate with you personally
• Choose 3 values that seem important or challenging
in your current organizational context
• For each of those two categories, choose a top 3 for
your group and prepare to report back

3. Foundational Principles
(do these first in reverse order; one unique value per space)
• : Start with what you do now
• : Agree to pursue evolutionary
change
• : Initially, respect existing roles,
responsibilities and job titles
• : Encourage acts of leadership at
all levels in your organization –
from individual contributors to
senior management
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4. Core Practices
(one value per space; one value occurs three times; easier in reverse order)
• : Visualize
• : Limit work-in-progress (WIP)
• , : Manage flow
• : Make policies explicit
• : Implement feedback loops
• : Improve collaboratively, evolve
experimentally (using models &
the scientific method)
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5. Values
(in no particular order)
• Transparency
• Balance
• Agreement
• Respect
• Understanding
• Collaboration
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• Flow
• Leadership
• Customer focus

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Mike Burrows, foreword by Luke Hohmann,
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Organize your work items!
1. Choose 1 feature each, initial it, and put it in the second
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2. Put the remainder in the “Ready” column"
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Rear view mirror
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Steering wheel
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7. Answers
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8. Foundational Principles
• Understanding : Start with what you do now
• Agreement : Agree to pursue evolutionary
change
• Respect : Initially, respect existing roles,
responsibilities and job titles
• Leadership : Encourage acts of leadership at
all levels in your organization –
from individual contributors to
senior management
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J
Anderson
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Associates
Ltd

9. Core Practices
• Transparency : Visualize
• Balance : Limit work-in-progress (WIP)
• Customer Focus , Flow : Manage flow
• Transparency : Make policies explicit
• Transparency : Implement feedback loops
• Collaboration : Improve collaboratively, evolve
experimentally (using models &
the scientific method)
Copyright
©
2014
David
J
Anderson
and
Associates
Ltd