Personal Kanban: a tool

to visualise, organise, and

complete work

Visualise your work

Limit work in progress

Visualise your work

Break down the flow of work from start to finish into distinctive steps and draw a column for each

Value stream

Write down each task on a different color sticky note

Put them on the whiteboard. Each task will move from left to right until it's done and leaves the workflow.

Simple layout for Personal Kanban and small teams.

Limit work in progress

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Juggle only few balls with 2 hands

At 100% capacity you have minimal throughput

Reserve your space !

Start by putting limits on columns in which work is being performed

Begin to pull

Don't push too hard

Pull instead

Do not push more work than you can actually handle.

Pull work only when ready for it.

Add columns

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Goal breakdown: from abstract to concrete

enjoy Kanban!