As a manager, I was trained in something called “resource utilization.” I was frequently asked by the layers of leaders above me to provide them with justification for why the people who worked for me existed. I was asked to report on the number of projects they handled at a…

Across the business world, people measure things and review charts, graphs, and dashboards of those measures. Too often the measurements we take are counting things in a way that does not help us make decisions. Collecting data and then visualizing it should create transparency that helps with decision making. One…

There is no blocked state in Kanban. Status of work items on in Kanban is represented in four different dimensions: In a properly set up kanban, these four dimensions exist on every item on the board simultaneously. If you create a column to hold items that are in trouble, blocked,…

Kanban is a way to visualize work flowing through a system that allows a multi-dimensional view that generally is not possible with other visualizations such as status reports. Setting up a Kanban to see the current status is pretty simple. Using Kanban to its full potential to lean out a…

The power and simplicity of kanban is useful beyond the great power it has in helping an organization lean out process and shorten time to deliver. The ability to see all requested and in-progress work at one time is easily built. And any manager and their direct reports can benefit…