One of the most pivotal aspects of a Caman strategy is the continuous improvement of our systems and workflows. After defining our workflow and documenting how we intend to operate, the next step is to actively monitor our ongoing work. This is where the magic happens; as we observe, we begin to identify patterns that can inform our decision-making.
Understanding Flow Metrics
Utilising flow metrics from a Candan strategy allows us to pinpoint when tasks linger too long or become outdated. We can visualise our data to see patterns of delivery and identify groupings of tasks that may not align with our expectations. This visibility is crucial; it empowers us to ask more insightful questions about our processes.
- Shining a Light on the System: Think of it as lifting the carpet to reveal what lies beneath. A Caman strategy acts like a torch, illuminating the dark corners of our systems where inefficiencies may be hiding. This is particularly relevant for teams employing Scrum, which, let’s face it, lacks inherent metrics. By integrating Caman flow metrics, we gain a robust tool for monitoring our systems rather than merely relying on the framework itself.
The Importance of Transparency
Imagine you’re developing software and want to understand which features your customers are engaging with. To make informed decisions about where to invest your resources, you’d need to implement telemetry within your application to gather data. This is where increasing transparency becomes essential. A Candan strategy serves as that tool, applicable to any system, whether you’re starting with Scrum or have devised your own unique approach.
- Collecting Telemetry: By monitoring our workflows and collecting relevant data, we can gain valuable insights into our systems. I often wonder why teams choose to manage their processes from a position of opacity. It’s akin to navigating through a fog of war, unable to discern the underlying issues. A Caman strategy, particularly its flow metrics, clears that fog, allowing us to see problems as they arise.
Visualising Problems for Actionable Insights
When we can visually identify issues, it triggers our brains to take action. The clarity provided by these visualisations is not just about recognising problems; it’s about motivating us to implement changes. If we’re not actively improving our workflows, we’re not truly embracing a Candan strategy.
- Continuous Improvement: Caman supports this journey of continuous improvement by providing the necessary tools to shine a light on our challenges. It’s our radar, enabling us to navigate through the complexities of our systems and make informed decisions.
Seeking Support in Your Candan Journey
If you’re finding it challenging to establish a pool-based system of work, remember that help is available. We offer world-class Candan training through Pro Caman, alongside consulting and coaching for teams eager to implement a Candan strategy effectively. For Scrum teams, I always advocate for the integration of flow metrics as a complementary practice, and I highly recommend attending Cbang classes from Scrum.org.
In conclusion, embracing a Candan strategy is not merely about adopting a new framework; it’s about fostering a culture of transparency and continuous improvement. By leveraging flow metrics, we can illuminate the path forward, making our systems more efficient and our teams more effective. Let’s take that step together and transform our workflows for the better.
One of the key aspects of a Caman strategy is improving the system, improving your workflow. So after you’ve defined what your workflow is, you’ve written down how you’re going to work your system, and you’ve started actively monitoring the work that is underway, you’ll hopefully start seeing patterns. If we’re using the metrics from the flow metrics from a Candan strategy, then we should be able to see when things are sitting around for too long and they’re too old. We should be able to see patterns of delivery. We should be able to see groupings of things that are perhaps not quite where we expect them to be on the graphs that we might use to visualize that data.
And that allows us to ask more interesting questions. It allows us to lift the carpet and see in the dark. See in the dark, that’s a great Cban strategy. It’s like a torch shining the light in the darkness of your system to see where things are broken, where things aren’t working as optimally as they could be, to see what’s going on where it would be opaque normally. This is especially true for teams doing Scrum. Scrum has no metrics at all, and the metrics that I would always recommend would be the Caman flow metrics, right? Because Cban is designed as something that can be used to monitor any system. It’s a monitoring tool; it’s not the system itself. It’s the tool you use to observe the system.
Think about if you were building software and you wanted to understand which features of your product your customers were using so that you could choose which parts of the product to continue to invest in and which not. How would you do that? Well, you’d need to put some hooks into your application and collect a bunch of telemetry and then analyze the data, right? So you can see what’s going on. You need to increase transparency, and a Candan strategy is that tool for any system. So regardless of whether Scrum is your system, that might be your starting point, or that might be where you jump to, right? You might start from over here, but you jump to Scrum, or you’ve got a system that you just made up, right? That’s totally cool. That’s what lots of people do.
We have a system that we just made up, then we can use Caman to gain insights and understanding on what’s going on in this system by monitoring it, by collecting some telemetry on how our work happens so that we can see better what’s going on. I don’t understand why teams try and manage their system from a position of opacity, right? They can’t see what’s going on; they’re looking into the fog of war, and they can’t see the problems. A Cban strategy, and particularly the flow metrics part of a Candan strategy and the visualization of the work, remove that fog of war so you can see what’s going on. You can actually see when things aren’t working properly, and it’s obvious.
Look, here’s a problem here; I can see it. It’s visually triggering my brain, and I can see it. So hopefully, being able to see all these problems will encourage you to actually do something, actually make a change. And we’re effectively not implementing a Candan strategy if we’re not improving the workflow, right? Improving and making changes to the system in order to see the numbers change in a more positive or more likable manner, right? So Caman supports continuous improvement by giving you the torch to shine on the problem. The view through, it’s your radar that lets you see through the fog of war and be able to make better decisions.
If you’re struggling to create a pool-based system of work, then we can help you. We provide world-class Candan training from Pro Caman, as well as consulting and coaching for teams trying to implement a Candan strategy. If you’re a Scrum team, then we always recommend bringing in flow metrics as a complimentary practice and have Cbang classes from Scrum.org as well.
