Enter Kanban

Eric Willeke is a generalist software practitioner with over 10 years of experience covering development, leadership, coaching, training and consulting roles.

  Agile   Innovation   ProjectsAtWork  

What is Kanban and how can it help you deliver high-quality, on-time projects that meet or exceed expectations with minimal overhead? In this new series, we explore these questions, starting with an overview of the Kanban framework and the application of its principles in a project environment.

This is the first article in a new series on applying the Kanban framework to projects and portfolios.

Every project manager’s dream is to have his or her team experience sustainable, on time, high-quality deliveries with as little interruption as possible. Essential elements in realizing this goal include a strong vision, shared communications, systemic improvement of flow and activity, and the complete transparency created through the visual representation of all work. Focusing on these elements within a mindset based on the two lean pillars of “Continuous Improvement” and the deep and fundamental “Respect for People” leads to an organization capable of delivering beyond the business’ expectations in today’s turbulent market environment.

Kanban is a simple framework for realizing these benefits with minimal overhead to the execution of the project. The essential, repeating sequence is to visualize the flow of work within your project, explore ways of improving that flow by creating change, then stabilize the flow with the new …

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