Kanban for Scrum Teams of Scrum.org Flashcards
(T/F) Kanban is not complementary to Scrum without changing one or the other
False
(T/F) The kanban guide replaces parts of the scrum guide
False
The movement of value through the product development system
Flow
Scrum is founded on this type of process control
Empiricism or empirical process control
(T/F) Kanban practices improve flow through a feedback loop
True
Four basic metrics needed for Kanban
WIP, Cycle Time, Work Item Age, Throughput
The tenet governing flow
Little’s Law
Average cycle time = ? / Average Throughput
Average work in progress
(T/F) Lowing WIP will help to shorten cycle times
True
What are the four practices of Kanban?
Visualization of the workflow.
Limit Work in Progress.
Active management of work items in progress.
Inspecting and adapting the team’s definition of workflow.
Who defines workflow?
The scrum team
(T/F) Scope of workflow can span beyond a sprint
True
Kanban visualization should include what 5 items?
Defined points work has started and finished.
A definition of the work items (often PBIs).
A definition of the workflow states.
Explicit policies governing workflows.
Policies for limiting Work in Progress.
What is the primary effect of limiting WIP?
It creates a pull system.
What are benefits of a pull system?
improves flow
“Ensuring work items aren’t left to age unnecessarily” is an aspect of what?
Active management of work items iin progress
(T/F) Work items should be pulled at the same rate as they leave a workflow.
True
What is used to forecast how long it should take a given item to flow from start to finish?
Service Level Expectation (SLE)
What are 2 parts of SLE?
Range of elapsed days
Probability associated with the period
What is SLE based upon?
Historical cycle time
Visualization policies are part of what?
The definition of workflow
How we work policies are part of what?
The definition of workflow
What will help you directly address an impediment?
How we work policies
(T/F) scrum teams can only deliver value once per sprint.
False
What aspect of Kanban is used to aid sprint planning capacity?
flow metrics
What are some things to consider during a daily scrum - 7 items?
What to do with blocked work items
What work is flowing slower than expected?
What is the Work Item Age of each item in progress?
What work items have violated SLE?
Anything not represented that may our ability to complete work?
Anything new that may change planned to work?
Have we broken our WIP limit?
