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Kanban Classes of Service

When it comes to knowledge work, the type of items that teams get to work on varies in urgency, requirements, perceived business value and level of priority. For example, a software development team has just gone live with their application. The team is now expected to work on both enhancements and maintenance work. At the start of the workday, they are scheduled to work on features for a planned release version and a few minor production issues. Midday comes and a security vulnerability has been

2024-07-26T04:51:04-07:00October 18th, 2018|

Make Process Policies Explicit

Kanban: Make Process Policies Explicit In our Measure and Manage the Flow article, we discussed how keeping a stable flow of work is essential to keeping an effective Kanban system. One way to achieve a stable flow is by enforcing Work-in-Progress limits (WiP limits), which is one of the properties of Kanban. But apart from using WiP limits, there is another Kanban property that helps teams establish a stable flow of work. This is through using process policies. Process policies act as guidelines as

2024-07-26T05:34:35-07:00September 17th, 2018|

Kanban WIP Limits

Kanban: Limit Work in Progress (WiP) Have you ever had to accomplish multiple tasks and decided to chip bits and pieces from each one, hoping to complete them all simultaneously? Did you feel like you were not accomplishing anything with this approach? Did it feel like it was taking you longer to complete the tasks? How about that time when you were in the middle of working on a task, and your boss told you, “We have an urgent task you need to work on”?

2024-07-26T04:52:30-07:00August 13th, 2018|

Personal Kanban

Personal Kanban In today’s fast-paced life, it’s easy to get lost in the myriad of tasks that we need to accomplish day in and day out. Whether it’s for work or study, a chore at home, a plan with the family, or even “me time”, all these compete for our attention. Sometimes with a long list of to-do’s it can be daunting to know which ones we would need to tackle first. Without proper planning, this can lead us to dedicate time to lesser important

2024-07-26T05:37:05-07:00July 30th, 2018|

Visualize the Workflow

Kanban: Visualize the Workflow A fascinating fact about the human brain is its capability to process visuals 60,000 times faster than text. This means we consume visual content, such as images, much faster than text. As a visual project management tool, Kanban leverages the human brain’s preference for visual content and helps teams understand and analyze what happens in their work. Instead of reading a written report about how your team is doing, you can visualize the workflow better through a Kanban board.

2024-07-26T04:53:33-07:00July 26th, 2018|

Kanban explained in 100 words to improve both your business and personal life

Kanban originated in Japan as a manufacturing system that applies Lean principles to reduce costs in production lines. In the 1940s, the Toyota Production System implemented Kanban to control inventory levels, reduce time to market, improve quality, etc… The introduction of this methodology within the automobile industry provided a great advantage to Toyota. The result of building great efficiency within their processes, by eliminating waste and bottlenecks, helped Toyota become the worldwide leader in their industry. Since the Kanban methodology continues to be one of

2022-12-06T16:11:44-07:00April 27th, 2017|Tags: |

Lean Thinking – Not just for manufacturing

What is Lean Thinking? Lean thinking is based on the idea of creating more value for customers with fewer resources. It’s a way of organizing human activities so that more benefits are delivered while waste is eliminated. The ultimate goal of Lean thinking is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process while creating zero waste. Origins of Lean Thinking Following the Industrial Revolution, we needed a way to improve the way we manufactured products. Through experimentation, we considered many

2024-05-10T01:15:50-07:00February 25th, 2017|Tags: , |

Lean Thinking

Lean Thinking What is Lean Thinking? Lean Thinking is a business methodology based on the history of Japanese manufacturing techniques which have been applied worldwide within many types of industries. It is ultimately a mindset - a way of viewing the world - that aims to handle work in a Lean manner. Lean puts focus on providing high levels of customer value by continuously improving business processes. The Lean Thinking concept is more than just using tools or changing a few steps in

2024-07-26T05:53:35-07:00January 17th, 2016|