Creating a Kanban board is not difficult when you only focus on creating a few basic columns. But, if you are seeking to create an effective Kanban board, then you should consider following a sequence of helpful steps. The
One of the five core properties in Kanban is to make the process explicit. Once a process is visualized on a Kanban board, we can start improving the flow by assigning WIP limits, measuring the flow with metrics like
Before designing your Kanban board, the first step is to define the types of Kanban cards that will be flowing on this board. Although it can feel more logical to just build the board, thinking first about the actual
As a coach, my role is to help people who seek services to create actionable goals and/or tasks that have been agreed by both coach and coachee. In this collaborative relationship, having clarity and accountability is key to ensure
Do you have certain events, activities or tasks that repeat on a set schedule? If you find yourself creating the same Kanban card on a regular basis, then you might want to invest in the ability to create recurring
When collaborating with your team or external stakeholders it’s important to keep everything related to a Kanban card directly on the card. This increases efficiency by not having to ask or look for pieces of information about a card,
As we continue to improve Kanban Zone, many of our customers are seeking ways to integrate their systems with Kanban Zone and now that’s possible with our first Application Program Interface (API). We will be adding many more APIs,
When we created Kanban Zone our goal was to visualize every process within an organization using a simple yet powerful online Kanban solution. One of the key aspects of Kanban is to capture everything needed to deliver a card
If you have been using Kanban for a while now, then you are becoming better at identifying patterns and opportunities to improve your overall process flow. A key area that sometimes does not get enough attention is when the
When it comes to tracking work, we created a simple way to link cards in all 4 directions (up, down, left, right). As shown in the image below, the card in the middle is linked using all 4 link