Dimitri Ponomareff

Card Aging – A Fun and Helpful Visual Signal for Kanban

By |March 25th, 2020|

Kanban promotes visualizing work. This can be accomplished by having a Kanban board with explicit agreements, WIP limits, and cards with clear signals. Because Kanban is all about improving the flow of work, it’s great to see bottlenecks, but the ability to visualize card aging is both fun and

Kanban, Backlogs, & Ice Cream

By |February 25th, 2020|

So what does ice cream have to do with backlogs and Kanban? Everything!! What do you put on a backlog? My daughter works at an ice cream shop. She is a shift leader, which means she has duties outside of serving the ice cream to customers. When she gets

Should Blocked Cards Count in Kanban WIP Limits?

By |January 15th, 2020|

This is a question we often get when a new team builds its first Kanban board. Once the process is visualized on the board, the team must assign WIP limits to create the ideal flow of work. The usual first reaction to setting WIP limits is that the number