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What is Kanban?

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Kanban is an Agile methodology that focuses on the

visualization of your workflow (a board of memos)

Workers using Kanban receive their tasks and materials exactly when they need it, no sooner

Kanban was invented by Toyota as a means of improving

work efficiency

The word comes from Japanese and means a signal-card

What is Kanban?

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Will Agile work for my company?Will Kanban work in my company?

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What is more important for you: individuals and

interactions or processes and tools?

Do you spend more time making your product usable

or making documentation how to use it?

Would you rather collaborate with your clients

or negotiate hard?

Are you able to respond to changes on-the-flyor do you stick to the plan no matter what?

If you chose at least one answer in boldthen Kanban is definitely worth giving a shot

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Selected methods of AgileHow does Kanban work?

Work is divided into tasks, prioritised and put into backlog

A task with the highest priority is pulled from the backlog.

When the work on task is finished, it’s marked as ‘done’

and can be pulled by the next person in line

The idea of Kanban is not to push tasks down the line,

but let people pick them when available

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What i should I know before adopting Agile?Example Kanban board

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How to make your team commissionedWhat are direct benefits of using Kanban?

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Work is visualised which reduces confusion

Reduced idle time (waiting) and over-processing

Increased productivity and customer satisfaction

Flexibility

Simplified production planning

Common mistakes of new Kanban teams

No backlog grooming

No workflow visualization

Exceeded limit of Work in Progress

Workflow not fitting company process (eg. too many steps)

Moving items back in line due to badly constructed workflow

Creating additional policies that override basic principles of Kanban

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Yes, let’s do this!

Ready to try Kanban in

practice?