Explains how breaking large tasks into smaller batches improves workflow, predictability, and delivery speed, using hands-on exercises based on queuing theory principles.
60 Minutes
This workshop is designed to help groups of people realise the effect of breaking down large Backlog Items into smaller pieces of value has on the ability to deliver. This is part of queuing theory!
Read the instructions carefully in the Mural.
Feel free to show your real data, this is a visualization of a typical scrum team . Walkthrough each day, asking people what they see, what stands out.
Round 1 Instructions
Note: Before you start, estimate how long it will take to get the full batch of coins from the first team member all the way to the customer. Add your estimate to the board on the right
Round 2 Instructions - work in batches of 5
Note: before you start estimate how long it will take to get the first batch of 5 coins from the first team member all the way to the customer. Additionally, estimate how long you think it will take for the customer to receive all the coins.
*Coins can only have their colour changed when in a “workstation” square and can only be changed to the colour of that workstation Coin colour can still only be changed one at a time Coins must still pass through each workstation and progress through all the colours
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