Popular patterns for sizing including "exact" time/cost, relative, right-sizing, and #noestimates. Popular patterns for forecasting include Gantt charts(ugh!), burnup/down charts(hmmm), and probabilistic forecasting(oooo). An emerging trend is with right-sizing and probabilistic forecasting. It's not all sunshine and honey, context matters, and it's dangerous to over-simplify. Let's laser focus on the upsides and downsides of each of these options.


Time Stamps:
0:00 Approaches & Their Upsides
9:00 Downsides of Approaches
19:02 Approaches for Forecasting

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This week, we delve into the key elements of a Kanban board, such as workflow definitions, cycle time, throughput, work item age, and Work-In-Progress (WIP). We break down the types of work—discovery, development, and delivery—and discuss the critical time horizons: discovering the "next best thing," developing with evidence, delivering customer-ready products, and reflecting on past releases.


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Kanban Series: How to manage discovery and delivery work on a Kanban board

What are the different classes of service? Should you have classes of service? What are some other options? What does the Kanban Guide say about Classes of Service? 


Tune in to this week's episode of Agility Island to find out. 


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Kanban Series: Classes of Service

You may have heard of funnels in Kanban - but what exactly are they? How do they work? How do they change the way we work?


Check out my definition of workflow video: https://youtu.be/rmaE7ipr2p0?si=bi6-tRGjJ0OVZTR5


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What is a "Funnel" in Kanban?

Workflows? How are they defined? What policies should you try on your kanban board?


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The definition of workflow

#agile #scrum #productowner 

What are some of the things you should TRY and some things you should AVOID when sizing? Try these tips to take your product backlog to the next level!

Articles mentioned in this episode:
Monte Carlo Probabilistic Forecasting: https://medium.com/agileinsider/is-release-planning-done-in-scrum-managing-stakeholder-expectations-forecasting-c0064371ee64

The product owner, product leader, product manager and the Scrum accountabilities: https://medium.com/agileinsider/the-product-owner-product-leader-product-manager-and-the-scrum-accountabilities-f9716f78c70d

About John Coleman:
John Coleman's LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncolemanagilitychef/
John Coleman's website: ⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/⁠ 
Looking to get your Scrum/Agility training? Check out my courses at: ⁠https://orderlydisruption.com/collections/courses

Thank you for listening.

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