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Going With the Flow
Bob Tarne, PMP, CSM is an accomplished consultant, speaker, and writer. He is currently an Engagement Manager with IBM as well as an active volunteer with the Project Management Institute. His blog can be found at zen-pm.blogspot.com.
As agile project management gains popularity, other progressive techniques are finding their way into project managers' toolkits. One is Kanban, a “continuous-flow” approach to handling requirements, based on Lean Six Sigma concepts. Here’s a look at how Kaban can beneft software project teams and improve results.
In the world of software development, WIP inventories are created throughout the development lifecycle. Examples include creating a large requirements document before development starts, or writing more code than the QA team can test right away. By lean standards, a waste exists any time a component of a project is waiting for the next group in the process to work on it.
This is where Kanban comes in.
A Japanese term, Kanban translates to signal card or signboard. In a product line, workers can use a signal card to indicate that they are ready for more raw materials. By using Kanban cards, the flow of parts is managed to match …
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