Interpreting Cumulative Flow Diagrams

ABSTRACT
The Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Maybe you’ve been told it can help you better understand the flow of work, identify bottlenecks, and get a sense how long work items will take to complete. It sounds intriguing, but…how exactly do you read it? What is it trying to tell you? How can you use it to improve your team’s flow? Perhaps you’re a Scrum team using a traditional burndown chart. Could the CFD be more helpful?
In this part lecture, part workshop presentation, we’ll take a closer look at what a CFD is, how it’s constructed, and, most importantly, how to interpret what you’re observing. Being able to identify patterns in your CFD is a valuable skill to better understand how work is flowing across your Scrum or Kanban board. We’ll then examine several CFD patterns you might see with your teams while addressing three key questions: What are you observing? Why might it be happening? and What actions might you suggest for improvement?

AGENDA:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Presentation
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Q&A

BIO
Mark Grove is an Agile Coach and Managing Consultant with Excella in Arlington, VA. He has over 24 years in the IT profession with the last ten years focusing on coaching individuals and teams while leveraging practices from both the Kanban method and Scrum framework. His coaching and mentoring focus on understanding the flow of work, system optimization, value delivery, and team dynamics. He has developed and delivered numerous interactive training sessions to the general-public and for private engagements, and has spoken at several agile conferences and meetups. Mark is a Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coach, and a Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM, CSP-PO).

SPONSOR & COSTS
This DCSUG event is free thanks to our sponsors Kaizenko and Excella.

Kaizenko (https://www.kaizenko.com) has some upcoming training that may be of interest to you. Check out the schedule here (https://www.kaizenko.com/public-training/). Contact us for special DCSUG discount codes (https://www.kaizenko.com/contact/)

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