Kanban board
A Kanban board is a tool for implementing the Kanban development method, with which one can support the production process.
Kanban boards are a variant of the traditional Kanban cards. Instead of the signal cards that symbolize demand or capacity, magnets , plastic chips, colored metal rings or post-its are used on the board to represent work elements. Each of these objects represents a part in a manufacturing process and passes through sections of the board. Its movements correspond to the manufacturing process. The board is usually divided into three sections: “To Do”, “In Progress” (“In Progress”) and “Done”. The objects are moved to the current areas on the board by employees.
Originally the Kanban boards were physical boards, today they are often used in digital form.
application
Kanban can be used in many areas of life, and there are many possible designs. The simplest Kanban boards consist of the three columns To Do , In Progress ( In Progress ) and Done .
- Kanban boards for software development teams
The best known example of a Kanban board for agile or lean software development consists of columns for Backlog , Ready , Coding , Test , Confirmation, and Done . It is also common practice to give the columns other names such as Next , In Development , Done , Customer Acceptance , Live . See also Kanban (software development) .
- Kanban for marketing teams
- Kanban for HR departments
Principles
- Visualization of the work process
- Limitation of work in progress
- Work traverses the columns
- Monitor, adjust, improve
List of software and online services
Selection of software products and online services that offer a Kanban board:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kanban Guide: Demand Scheduling for Lean Manufacturing, Compiled by Nilesh R Arora. Add ValueConsulting Inc., India 2001, p. 11.
- ↑ JM GrossKenneth, R. McInnis: Kanban Made Simple — Demystifying and Applying Toyota's Legendary Manufacturing Process . Amacom, USA 2003, p. 50. ISBN 0-8144-0763-3
- ↑ Kanban Guide: Demand Scheduling for Lean Manufacturing, Compiled by Nilesh R Arora. Add ValueConsulting Inc., India 2001, p. 11
- ↑ H. Kniberg, M. Skarin: Kanban and Scrum making the most of both. C4Media, Publisher of InfoQ.com, USA 2010, p. 31.
- ↑ codeweavers: Agile Design: Kanban with our Web Designers - Design, Process Updates | Codeweavers Blog | Staffordshire Software Development House . Codeweavers.net. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ J. Dager: Why you should use Kanban in Marketing? | Business 901 blog . Business901.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ↑ Kanban for Short Intense Projects: How We Used Kanban to Visualize Our Hiring Process Workflow and Make Our Lives Easier . Personal Kanban. May 14, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ^ Building Your First Personal Kanban . Personal Kanban. August 23, 2009. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ↑ Priming Kanban . InfoQ. November 11, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2015.