How do you add Kanban to Scrum? Here’s a few suggest steps to take.
Update the Team Working Agreement
Your team’s working agreement should reflect adding the kanban into your process. The entire team should be onboard with the idea of establishing a kanban and consistently using it. The working agreement should outline who can add cards, remove cards, establish workflow stage ownership, and how conflicts are to be resolved.
Figure Out the Typical Process
Next determine the typical or most likely process for a card from the beginning of the sprint to the end. As an example let’s say your team has User Design, Development, Testing and Release Management that is typically performed on every card. Each of these areas would have a column or workflow stage. You can simply use To-Do, Doing, and Done as workflow stages. Establish an owner for each workflow stage to manage card status.
Build the Kanban Board
Establish a Kanban Board with the workflow steps the team feels will work best. Determine a workflow owner for each workflow or assign a Kanban master who is responsible for managing and moving the cards on the board.
Moving Cards
Cards are moved either in the scrum by the person working on the card or the Scrum Master. Another approach is to have a deadline where all cards are moved by the team prior to the start of the scrum. The team verified the status of the cards. When workflow owners are not in agreement, the conversation about the card in question is taken offline.
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