Kanban board

A kanban board is one of the tools that can be used to implement the Kanban Method for a project.

Kanban boards are perceived as a variation on traditional kanban cards. Instead of the signal cards that represent demand or capacity, the board utilizes magnets, plastic chips, colored washers or sticky notes to represent work items.[1] Each of these objects represents an item in a production process as it moves around the board. Its movement corresponds with a knowledge work or manufacturing process.[2] At its simplest, the board can be divided into three sections: "waiting", "work in progress" and "completed work". Complex kanban boards can be created that visualise the flow of work across a value stream map.[3] Employees move cards to the section on the board that coincides with the activity it represents.[4]

A simple kanban board

Application

Kanban can be used to organize many areas of an organisation[5] and can be designed accordingly. The simplest kanban board consists of three columns: "to-do", "in progress" and "done",[6] while some additional detail such as WiP limits are needed to fully support the Kanban Method.[7] Business functions that use kanban boards include:

A popular example of a kanban board for agile or lean software development consists of: Backlog, Ready, Coding, Testing, Approval and Done columns. It is also a common practice to name columns in a different way, for example: Next, In Development, Done, Customer Acceptance, Live.[8]

Principles

Tools

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kanban Guide: Demand Scheduling for Lean Manufacturing, Compiled by Nilesh R Arora. Add Value Consulting Inc., India 2001, p. 11.
  2. ↑ J. M. Gross, Kenneth R. McInnis: Kanban Made Simple—Demystifying and Applying Toyota's Legendary Manufacturing Process. Amacom, USA 2003, p. 50. ISBN 0-8144-0763-3
  3. ↑ "On Setting Your Initial WIP Limits". The Agile Director. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  4. ↑ Kanban Guide: Demand Scheduling for Lean Manufacturing, Compiled by Nilesh R Arora. Add Value Consulting Inc., India 2001, p. 11
  5. ↑ Leybourn, E. (2013). Directing the Agile Organisation: A Lean Approach to Business Management. London: IT Governance Publishing: 160–166.
  6. ↑ H. Kniberg, M. Skarin: Kanban and Scrum making the most of both. C4Media, Publisher of InfoQ.com, USA 2010, p. 31.
  7. ↑ Anderson, David J.; Carmichael, Andy (2016). Essential Kanban Condensed. Seattle, WA: Lean Kanban University Press. ISBN 978-0-9845214-2-5.
  8. ↑ codeweavers. "Agile Design: Kanban with our Web Designers - Design, Process Updates | Codeweavers Blog | Staffordshire Software Development House". Codeweavers.net. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  9. ↑ J. Dager: Why you should use Kanban in Marketing?,http://business901.com/blog1/why-you-should-use-kanban-in-marketing/
  10. ↑ "Kanban for Short Intense Projects: How We Used Kanban to Visualize Our Hiring Process Workflow and Make Our Lives Easier". Personal Kanban. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  11. ↑ "New Zealand Post Group – An Agile Executive!". Agile Business Management Consortium. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  12. ↑ Benson, Jim, and Tonianne DeMaria Barry. Personal Kanban: Mapping Work, Navigating Life. Modus Cooperandi Press, 2011.
  13. ↑ Willeke, Marian HH. "Agile in Academics: Applying Agile to Instructional Design." Agile Conference (AGILE), 2011. IEEE, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Agile and Internal Audit!". Agile Business Management Consortium. 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  15. ↑ "Building Your First". Personal Kanban. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  16. ↑ J. Boeg, Priming Kanban,
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