Author
Sajjad
Paracha , Syed
Baqir Ali
• It is a technique being used in software and manufacturing industry to boost productivity and visualize the jobs in hand and in backlog in the most convenient way.
• Microsoft
• Google
• Spotify
• VMWare
• VOLVO IT
• https://kanbanize.com/blog/kanban-it-operations/
Some simple rules
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Any activity being worked on must be
on Kanban board and not through email, phone call, messaging or another means.
• If it is not on Kanban board it will not be done.
• If it is on Kanban board it will be done quickly.
• Stop starting , start finishing.
• Limit multitasking by applying limits in columns , e.g. when there are 3 cards in the test column no new cards will be added unless the existing cards are moved to the next column.
• When we limit the no of tasks in a column we might find out that we have nothing to do because we are waiting for someone else ,and try to start a new project/task , this is where bad multitasking happens. Instead of starting something new we should focus on what is causing this delay and try to fix it.
• RED : Important and urgent
• Yellow : Medium
• Green : Good to Have (Internal improvements , 20% of time should be invested to these improvements)
• PINK : Cards stuck somewhere else and need to be reviewed twice daily for what can be done to expedite these cards.
• Helps for reporting
• Since you can easily visualize things on your plate you can easily say no to less important tasks or keep them under your backlog with low priority.
• It helps you avoid multitasking and getting interrupted.
• Always keep looking at your Kanban board and keep things moving.
• Me and Baqir have developed this habit , daily in morning we look at our Kanban board and what ever we can do in terms of follow-up for each item we do it first.
• Then we start working on the moving things in order to finish them off.
• The Phoenix Project
Highly Effective Teams
A solution using Kanban methodology.
What is Kanban (/ˈkanban/)
• Kanban is a Japanese word and it means signboard. • It is a technique being used in software and manufacturing industry to boost productivity and visualize the jobs in hand and in backlog in the most convenient way.
Companies using Kanban
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Toyota• Microsoft
• Spotify
• VMWare
• VOLVO IT
• https://kanbanize.com/blog/kanban-it-operations/
Video explaining Kanban
Some simple rules
• If it is not on Kanban board it will not be done.
• If it is on Kanban board it will be done quickly.
• Stop starting , start finishing.
• Limit multitasking by applying limits in columns , e.g. when there are 3 cards in the test column no new cards will be added unless the existing cards are moved to the next column.
• When we limit the no of tasks in a column we might find out that we have nothing to do because we are waiting for someone else ,and try to start a new project/task , this is where bad multitasking happens. Instead of starting something new we should focus on what is causing this delay and try to fix it.
Color coding
• It helps us
ensure that we are working on the most important things• RED : Important and urgent
• Yellow : Medium
• Green : Good to Have (Internal improvements , 20% of time should be invested to these improvements)
• PINK : Cards stuck somewhere else and need to be reviewed twice daily for what can be done to expedite these cards.
Kanban Card Format
Benefits
• It makes
demand and work in progress visible.• Helps for reporting
• Since you can easily visualize things on your plate you can easily say no to less important tasks or keep them under your backlog with low priority.
• It helps you avoid multitasking and getting interrupted.
• Always keep looking at your Kanban board and keep things moving.
• Me and Baqir have developed this habit , daily in morning we look at our Kanban board and what ever we can do in terms of follow-up for each item we do it first.
• Then we start working on the moving things in order to finish them off.
Book Recommendation
• The Goal: A
Process of Ongoing Improvement• The Phoenix Project
