# AAMfP: a simple (Personal) Kanban metrics spreadsheet #
Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 Marco Bresciani.	

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AAMfP: a simple (Personal) Kanban metrics spreadsheet by
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questions, requests or contact:
 * [@AAMfP@fosstodon.org](https://fosstodon.org/@AAMfP) on the
   [Mastodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software))
   federated social network.
 * **AAMfP_** user (ring:2e5e3ab18b487d096464ed0a0b2c2af468a8838a) on
   the [GNU Jami](https://jami.net) (former GNU Ring, former SFLphone)
   distributed communication platform.

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## Download ##
Current version is **v.11.0.6**. See
[Downloads](https://bitbucket.org/marcobresciani/aamfp/downloads/).

For versions history see the [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) file.

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## Intro ##
Improve your daily work and activities with this
[LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) Calc spreadsheet using the
concepts of [Personal Kanban](http://personalkanban.com/pk/) and
applying some flow metrics as described in the book [Actionable Agile
Metrics for Predictability](https://leanpub.com/actionableagilemetrics)
(and compatible with [Actionable Agile™
Analytics](https://www.actionableagile.com/) tool).

### Visualize your work ###
The project also contains contains PDF and ODG (LibreOffice Draw)
versions of an [A3 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_216)
printable Personal Kanban board with **Backlog**, **Next**,
**In-progress** and **Done** columns. Feel free to use it to visualize
your activities!

This Kanban board uses **Unifont** by Unifoundry for text purposes.
`Copyright (C) 1998-2018 Roman Czyborra, Paul Hardy, Qianqian Fang,
Andrew Miller, Johnnie Weaver, David Corbett, et al. License GPLv2+: GNU
GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> with the GNU
Font Embedding Exception.`

### Limit your work-in-progress ###
Remember to add your WIP limit to each of the columns in the board
above, to be sure to properly apply Kanban concepts and obtain real
improvements.

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## Usage ##
> Complete, detailed usage instructions and data explanations can be
found in the [Usage](USAGE.md) file.

Briefly: the only sheet you need to work on is the *Activities* sheet
where you need to add, for each activity, the dates when such activities
have changed state. **CoS** (Class of Service) and **WIT** (Work Item
Type) column values are not mandatory.

Please note that *Activities* sheet already contains some data. Those
are example data to show you how to use and write them. Feel free to
remove them.

*While bug [#6](https://bitbucket.org/marcobresciani/aamfp/issues/6/) is
open*, when an activity has to be dropped/cancelled/abandoned/… for any
reason, you have to write such cancellation date in all remaining
columns cells and also write the same date in the **Deleted** column.
With this, the activity will be properly identified as deleted.

> In order to have correct metrics, chart, and data *you* have to keep
the *Activities* sheet rows in the correct order. Specifically, select
the table and apply the following sorting criteria (all crescent order):
**Done**, **In-progress**, **Next**, **Deadline**, **Backlog**, **ID**.
Once the column are ordered in this way, you can scroll all other sheets
where you can find the metrics and charts properly computed and
rendered.

**Deadline** column value is optional and the content is automatically
and conditionally formatted. Deadline is:
 
 * today, red cell;
 * this week, orange cell;
 * this month, yellow cell;
 * next month, green cell.
 * Expired completed activity, red text.

The whole *Activities* sheet is compatible with [Actionable Agile™
Analytics](https://www.actionableagile.com/) tool (see [Format for Data
File](https://www.actionableagile.com/format-data-file/)): simply export
*Activities* sheet as CSV (select comma (**,**) as cell separator and
quotes (**"**) for fields) and then import it in the tool.

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## References ##
For **Kanban** method starts from here:
[What is Kanban | Lean Kanban](https://leankanban.com/project/wkanban/)
and the [Essential Kanban Condensed
Guide](https://leankanban.com/guide/).

For **Personal Kanban** starts from here: [Map your work, control your
life: Personal Kanban](http://personalkanban.com/pk/)
and [Personal Kanban: The Book | Personal
Kanban](http://personalkanban.com/pk/book/).

For more details on metrics read the book [Actionable Agile Metrics for
Predictability](https://leanpub.com/actionableagilemetrics) by Vacanti,
Daniel S..

## Thanks ##
Thanks to:

* [Gavi](https://bitbucket.org/classicPintus/) for having solved bug
[#1](https://bitbucket.org/marcobresciani/aamfp/issues/1/wrong-cfd-counting).

* [Samuele Accordini](https://it.linkedin.com/in/samueleaccordini) for citing
this spreadsheet in his LinkedIn article
(in Italian) [Personal Kanban: il trainer del
tempo](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/personal-kanban-il-trainer-del-tempo-samuele-accordini).
