{"id":13019,"date":"2017-04-14T08:23:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/?p=13019"},"modified":"2020-03-05T08:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:26:26","slug":"5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Kanban Strategies to Help IT Operations Teams Meet and Exceed Deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13020\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/KanbanStrategiesBlog-750x450.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you do when urgent work constantly interrupts planned project work? Time after time, you put down the project work so you can put out the fire. But then what happens to the prioritized work? It gets delayed. With the unpredictable nature of IT Operations work, it can feel impossible to hit deadlines for prioritized work \u2014 which creates mountains of technical debt that add even more pressure. This creates an environment that is bad for morale and ultimately, unsustainable for keeping talented employees.<\/p>\n<p>To balance prioritized and unplanned work, IT Operations needs a way to visually manage everything in one place \u2014 to keep the entire team aligned while keeping work moving at a controlled, sustainable pace.\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/articles\/what-is-kanban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">Kanban<\/a>\u00a0helps IT Operations teams do exactly this. Read on to learn how IT Operations teams can use Kanban to improve predictability, helping them meet and exceed deadlines for important, prioritized work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines\/#What_is_Kanban\" >What is Kanban?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines\/#5_Kanban_Strategies_that_Help_IT_Operations_Teams_Meet_and_Exceed_Deadlines\" >5 Kanban Strategies that Help IT Operations Teams Meet and Exceed Deadlines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines\/#Meet_and_Exceed_Deadlines_with_Kanban\" >Meet and Exceed Deadlines with Kanban<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-kanban-strategies-to-help-it-operations-teams-meet-and-exceed-deadlines\/#Learn_More\" >Learn More<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Kanban\"><\/span>What is Kanban?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Humans process visual information 6,000 times faster than text.\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/articles\/what-is-kanban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">Kanban<\/a>\u00a0is a visual system of workflow management that harnesses the power of our innately visual nature, using visual cues to communicate information.<\/p>\n<p>Kanban helps teams align around a shared visualization of their process, helping them collaborate to actively move work through the system as quickly and sustainably as possible. Kanban also enables teams to analyze and improve their workflows, helping them create more efficient workflows.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Kanban_Strategies_that_Help_IT_Operations_Teams_Meet_and_Exceed_Deadlines\"><\/span>5 Kanban Strategies that Help IT Operations Teams Meet and Exceed Deadlines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"video-thumbnail text-center video-thumbnail-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"vidyard-modal\" href=\"#modal-video-vidyard\" data-uuid=\"bSD595LaQqGRELWCXRJpPt\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#modal-video-vidyard\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block\" title=\"Video: 5 Kanban Strategies to Help IT Operations Teams Meet and Exceed Deadlines\" src=\"https:\/\/play.vidyard.com\/bSD595LaQqGRELWCXRJpPt.jpg\" alt=\"Video: 5 Kanban Strategies to Help IT Operations Teams Meet and Exceed Deadlines\" \/><i class=\"icon-play-circle-solid\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Here are five Kanban strategies that can help your IT Operations team begin visually managing its workflow.<\/p>\n<h3>#1 Visualize Your Workflow<\/h3>\n<p>The first step to visually managing your workflow is to simply visualize your current workflow, exactly as it is \u2014 which of course, is not an entirely simple task. Create a Kanban board that accurately reflects your existing workflow, and create Kanban cards for every work item currently in process. This may take time \u2014 and may be slightly tedious \u2014 but it\u2019s a worthy exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Just taking this first step with your IT Operations team can have a drastic impact on your shared understanding of your workflow and process. This is a great place to start talking through how work currently moves through your system.<\/p>\n<p>Continue adding to this first draft of a board, and feel it out for kinks. Identify areas for improvement, and make them one or two at a time, careful to ensure that everyone on the team is aware of any policies for using the board properly.<\/p>\n<h3>#2 Control Your WIP (Work-in-Process)<\/h3>\n<p>After you have begun visualizing your work on a Kanban board, it\u2019s time to begin limiting your work-in-process, or WIP. WIP limits are enabling constraints that control the number of work items in process at any given time.<\/p>\n<p>This Kanban strategy is notoriously painful for IT Operations teams, who consistently have too much on their plates. They should be challenging by design \u2014 the only way for limits to be effective is if they actually actively limit the amount of work moving through the system. This is challenging in a system that has a never-ending stream of unplanned work, but it\u2019s the best way to navigate it.<\/p>\n<p>Limiting WIP enables IT Operations teams to achieve a greater sense of predictability \u2014 each piece of work is actively prioritized against existing work in the system, allowing the team to manage what currently is or is not in process.<\/p>\n<p>This enables each team member to focus on moving each piece of prioritized work through the system as quickly as possible, rather than wasting his or her energy switching between multiple work items at once. (Learn more about the power of focus\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"\/6-benefits-of-kanban-for-project-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Controlling WIP as a team also allows everyone to align around a shared understanding of what the team is tackling as a system, rather than operating in silos.<\/p>\n<h3>#3 Identify Queue States<\/h3>\n<p>Queues are wait states where no work is actively being completed on a work item. Queues usually signify some sort of issue with the team\u2019s process, probably that one person or one function on a team is currently overburdened. IT Operations can set up their Kanban boards to highlight queue states, so the team can gain an understanding of where work \u201csits\u201d and how to alleviate this pressure from the system.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about how to design a board with queue lanes in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/identifying-bottlenecks-using-queue-lanes\/\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>#4 Eliminate Blockers<\/h3>\n<p>In Kanban, anything that blocks a piece of work from moving forward is called a blocker. Blocked work is different from work in a queue state in that blocked work is waiting on an external dependency, while work in queue states is just not actively being worked on.<\/p>\n<p>There are many examples of blockers, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feedback is needed from someone on another team<\/li>\n<li>A technical limitation prevents the work from moving forward<\/li>\n<li>Budget has not been approved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blockers are sometimes unavoidable, but they are worth visually signaling and discussing. Tracking them can help IT Operations teams determine where they can eliminate external dependencies to keep work flowing.<\/p>\n<h3>#5 Design Process Policies<\/h3>\n<p>Policies are a set of enabling constraints that allow teams to have a shared understanding of how they want work to move through their system. By making these policies explicit in their Kanban workflow, teams can reduce confusion about the process and move work through the system seamlessly. Some common Kanban workflow policies include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A policy that describes when it\u2019s appropriate to move a card into the \u201cDeploy\u201d lane<\/li>\n<li>Explanations of various icons (such as a \u201cStop the Line\u201d icon) that represent critical details on each card<\/li>\n<li>A policy for how to use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/identifying-bottlenecks-using-queue-lanes\/\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">queue lanes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A policy for when to assign a card to someone \u2014 or whether people only assign cards to themselves<\/li>\n<li>Cadence of team standup meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Implementing and adhering to process policies can help IT Operations teams standardize processes. Standardized processes make it easier for teams to identify outliers and keep work moving through the system predictably.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meet_and_Exceed_Deadlines_with_Kanban\"><\/span>Meet and Exceed Deadlines with Kanban<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Without a way to see and manage all work in one place, it can feel impossible to meet deadlines for prioritized work. Kanban can help, by providing IT Operations teams with a shared, visual, real-time way of communicating about work prioritization, status, and more. By visualizing and actively managing their workflow, IT Ops teams can gain control over planned and unplanned work, allowing them to focus on moving work through the system in a healthy and sustainable way.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_More\"><\/span>Learn More<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To learn more about how Kanban can help IT Operations teams, we recommend the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/lean-improvement-what-to-do-when-urgent-trumps-important\/\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">Lean Improvement: What to Do When Urgent Trumps Important<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=https:\/\/www.planview.com\/resources\/guide\/kanban-project-management-virtual-teams\/kanban-board-examples\/ target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">10 Kanban Board Examples for Software Development and IT Operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/whats-new-make-it-service-management-visible-with-new-kanban-board-templates\/\" data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\">Make IT Service Management Visible with New Kanban Board Templates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when urgent work constantly interrupts planned project work? 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