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Joining Dan Neumann on today\u2019s episode of the Agile Coaches\u2019 Corner podcast is return guest and fellow AgileThought colleague, Eric Landes.

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Eric comes from a DevOps background, originally starting out as a developer. Currently, he serves as a Senior DevOps Consultant, ALM Director and Solutions Architect. In his roles, he helps clients deliver value to customers in their software delivery pipeline, and has tons of experience leading organizations in adopting agile and Lean frameworks, like Scrum and Kanban. His specialties are in agile project management, Lean software development, enterprise project management implementation, and many more.

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In this week\u2019s episode, Dan and Eric are exploring the topic of Kanban metrics and the Scrum framework, how to use the two together, and finding the best place to start.

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Key Takeaways

• How using Kanban with Scrum helps teams:
  • Gives predictability with data
  • Gives even more metrics than Scrum to help teams communicate to the customer about what they can expect
  • Gives confidence levels (though, not a commitment)
  • Brings in metrics and data to drive a team\u2019s high-probability plan
  • Gives data and metrics for continuous improvement
  • Helps to adapt a team\u2019s delivery process
• Key Kanban metrics within a Scrum framework:
  • Throughput as a measure of predictability
  • Work item aging as a leading indicator for your team
  • Service level expectations to forecast within Scrum
• Key practices in using Kanban:
  • Working with WIP limits to boost predictability and improve cycle times and throughputs
  • Using work item aging and WIP limits together
  • Little\u2019s Law
  • The less work-in-progress, the better your team can keep a steady pace and achieve good workflow
  • Replacing \u2018agreement\u2019 with \u2018expectations\u2019 through the service level expectation
• Issues that can arise within teams and things to avoid:
  • Increasing WIP Limits
  • Not meeting forecasts
• How Eric recommends getting started:
  • Track Cycle Time and use the Cumulative Flow Diagram template
  • Collect data daily
• Mentioned in this Episode:
  • Professional Scrum with Kanban Training
  • Kanban WIP Limits
  • Little\u2019s Law
  • getKanban (Game)
  • \u201cScrum is like your mother-in-law, it points out ALL your faults,\u201d \u2014 Ken Schwaber
  • Lead True: Live Your Values, Build Your People, Inspire Your Community, by Jeff Thompson
• Eric Landes\u2019 Book Pick
  • Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction, by Daniel Vacanti
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