[In Kanban,] Doing > Talking

[...]

Scrum

• Estimation
• Talking / Planning
• WIP is uneven across roles
• Squeeze on QA
• Squeeze on PO
• No downtime
• Big Backlogs

[...]

Kanban

• No time-boxes [that you find in Scrum]
• No estimation
• Cycle Time replaces Velocity [used in Scrum]
• Slacktime
• Visualize work
• Limit work in progress (WIP)
• Measure and manage Flow

[...]

[With Kanban] Measure

• Time to complete a cycle
• Throughput
• Value delivered
• Quality
• Developer days per completed item

[...]

Kanban #recap

• Visualize a process
• Limit work in process (WIP) to improve throughput and cycle time
• Measure and manage Flow to handle bottlenecks
• No time-boxes
• No estimation
• Cycle Time replaces Velocity
• Idleness is not a bad thing

Takeaway

• Visualization
• Measurement
• Continuous improvement (experimentation)

-- Noel Pullen

from "Kanban: July 17, 2012 @ UBC"