Kanban Method
What is Kanban?
Kanban is a Japanese word: Kan means visual, ban means card. Kanban is a method for managing the creation of products with a focus on continual delivery without overburdening the development team. It is a process designed to help teams work together more effectively.
The Core Principles of the Kanban method is as follows:
- Start where you are
- Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
- Initially respect current roles, responsibilities and job titles
- Leadership at all levels in the organization
The Core Practices of Kanban method is as follow;
- Visualize work
- Limit work in process
- Manage flow
- Make process policies explicit
- Implement feedback loops
- Improve collaboratively, evolve experimentally
Quotes pertaining Kanban
- Stop starting, Start finishing
- You can’t improve what you can’t see
- Its not “the more you start, the more you finish” it’s “the more you finish, the more you finish”. – David P Joyce
Reference: Kanban In Action by Marcus Hammarberg and Joakim Sunden
