Kanban Principles & Best Practices Explained
Summary
Kanban is a visual workflow tool that, while originally used as a Toyota scheduling system, is now associated with in an agile methodology, especially in DevOps software development. Because of the visual nature of the kanban board, there is transparency that allows for the team to analyze the system and make adjustments as needed to improve flow and reduce the time it takes to complete tasks. It’s clear that kanban boards are a powerful tool to foster collaboration, provide transparency and keep teams working at capacity while slowly improving workflow and accuracy when predicting delivery to your stakeholders or customers. Because of the layout of the kanban board and the use of WIP limits, a product manager can catch bottlenecks before they impact the team and reallocate resources to keep the flow moving uninterrupted. Unlike some software that makes you configure the dashboard, ours is ready when you are and automatically calculates the real-time data and displays it in easy-to-read graphs and charts to help achieve continuous delivery.