Off the Charts
Go with the Flow
WIP it good
Practice makes perfect
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100
What is this chart called?
Cumulative Flow Diagram
100
True/False:
Kanban is a strategy for optimizing the flow of value
True
100
What does WIP stand for?
Work In Progress
100
True/False:
The three Kanban practices according to Prokanban.org are:
1) Defining and visualizing a workflow
2) Actively managing items in a workflow
3) Restricting a workflow
False
3 is improving a workflow
100
True/False:
In Kanban, you are not allowed to use Story Points
False. You can do whatever you want, but it may not be as helpful as you think.
Bonus question:
True/False: Story Points are required in Scrum
200
What is this chart called?
Scatterplot
200
In Rally, how is Cycle Time Measured?
A. From Defined to Completed
B. From In-Progress to Completed
C. From In-Progress to Accepted
C. In-Progress to Accepted
200
According to Little's Law, what should happen to your team's cycle time if you reduce WIP?
It should reduce (improve)
200
True/False:
The Service Level Expectation (SLE) is a required part of defining a Kanban Workflow according to Prokanban.orgTrue. All items:
1. A definition of the work items
2. A definition for when work items are started and finished
3. One or more defined states that the work items flow through
4. A definition of how WIP will be controlled from started to finished.
5. Explicit policies about how work items can flow through each state from started to finished.
6. A service level expectation (SLE), which is a forecast of how long it should take a work item to flow from started to finished.
200
True/False: Kanban from ProKanban.org has fewer required Practices than the "original" Kanban from David J. Anderson
True
300
What does this arrow show?
Average Work In Progress (WIP)
300
Which meeting is the best opportunity to do something about flow?
A. Replenishment
B. Retrospective
C. Daily Stand-up
C. Daily Stand-up
300
Which is NOT a reason for WIP limits?
A. They help the team start more work
B. They help prevent bottlenecks and improve predictability
C. They increase team collaboration
A. (They help the team finish more work)
300
Describe one way of actively managing items in a workflow
Controlling WIP.
Ensuring work items do not age unnecessarily
Unblocking blocked work.
300
Who is this?
David J. Anderson. He is the author of Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
400
A stakeholder wants to know how confident you are that the team can finish a work item (User Story) in 20 days. Based on this chart, what should you tell them (what % confidence level)?
70%
400
What does Flow Efficiency measure?
A. How quickly you resolve blockers
B. How much you improve cycle time
C. How much of the total cycle time is active work
C. How much of the total cycle time is active work
Bonus question: what is the typical flow efficiency for a software team?
400
True/False:
If you block an item, it stops the cycle time clock and remove the item from the WIP limit
False
400
Name a tool, chart, or metric you can use to help manage items in a workflow
Aging Chart
Work Item Age
Days in Progress or Days in current State
400
Who is this?
Taiichi Ohno. He is credited with creating Kanban at Toyota as part of the Toyota Production System
500
What's going on here?
Work is being mostly accepted at the end of the Sprint
500
If a work item is estimated at 1 day of work.
If your team's flow efficiency is 20%, how many days will it take to finish the item assuming your estimate is perfect?
500
If WIP limits stop you from starting new work, what should you do? (Identify all correct answers)
A. Ignore the limits, it's not OK to be idle
B. Go home early, you might as well
C. Help a teammate
D. Improve something
E. Learn, experiment, or innovate
C,D,E
500
What is an example of a change you could make to improve a Kanban workflow?
Change WIP limits
Change exit or pull criteria
Add or remove a flow state
Add or remove a buffer/queuing state
500
How can Kanban help the folks in this picture?
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