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Questions tagged [kanban]

Use the Kanban tag for project management questions about how to implement Kanban as a methodology. This tag is not for questions about software recommendations. However, questions about how to integrate a specific software solution or tool as it relates to Kanban is on topic.

A method for building software with an emphasis on just-in-time delivery while not overloading the team by limiting Work In Progress. It emphasizes that the team pull work from a queue, and the process, from definition of a task to its delivery to the customer, is visualized for everyone to see.

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Kanban, moving items back? Or how do you manage mistakes?

Given that you have a feature tracking through your Kanban board, the dev marks it done, it's pulled into QA, and the dev pulls in new work. QA fails the item. Now what? You can't move it back into the dev stream as it's full. You can't move it…
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In kanban, what should we do about routine work in each day?

For example, task like filter the bug's report from customer to create a new backlog to be discuss later on Kanban board which should be done everyday. Should I create the new card everyday like "customer support & information xx/xx/xx" or it…
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How does "kanban" for project management relate to kanban in manufacturing?

I recently learned about kanban here and followed some of the links and read some of the recommended sites and PDFs. It looks interesting, but one thing keeps confusing me. In its original sense, the kanban method is about signaling production needs…
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When using Kanban, how do I write tasks and where to put the "weight" of them?

I'm very new to Kanban, which I want to use in my new product. I am concerned how to organize tasks. For example I may have two tasks: - change the color of the login button - create 3d visualization of data for all users These two are very…
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How to handle unplanned work in Kanban?

My team has recently changed from Scrum to a Kanban like setup. We switched because our plans in Scrums were always spoiled by external initiatives. Now we do day to day planning instead. We pull items from a large backlog, have a WIP limit set on…
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Is there a list of good kanban books?

Looking for something that provides a good introduction into the topic as well as how to introduce it to an organization and how to apply it.
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Where to fit research/exploration work items into Kanban Board?

I'd like to move toward Kanban-style project management, but I'm finding it especially hard for a project where some of the technology is new and the developers have to spend time researching modules developed by other people to see whether they'll…
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Do we need different Kanban boards for different task categories? (i.e. admin, development, research)

I'm part of a research team and we do different tasks. For example, we might research tasks(i.e. read literature, implement algorithms,etc) or development tasks (e.g. set up server, deploy website, etc) or administrative tasks (e.g. process…
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setting WIP limits when devs are multi-functional

Our company has five distinct process competencies: UX, web, desktop, data-mining and QA with a fixed number of engineers in each role. The tools that each of these uses are quite different: photoshop, PHP, QT/C++, Hadoop, Watir/Sakuli. I've been…
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Divide "stories" into tasks or columns?

My team's core job (we're not in the software business) is to install hardware at sites which typically takes around a month start to finish and typically involves around 5 or so distinct stages (site review, planning, assembly, installation,…
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Kanban - spending time on somebody else's work

Is it OK in Kanban that a developer may be involved in another developer's work (helps, consults) for a significant amount of time (a half day)? The work item of the first developer is staying in "In Progress" column, but he isn't really workin on…
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How to manage a schedule across multiple PMs when using a single team for both development & support?

I work for a small company (22 people), whereby the development team works on both new features (40%) and support/maintenance tasks (60%). We have several account/project managers who prioritise the clients tickets within Jira using a Kanban board,…
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What is swarming?

While the term "swarming" is used quite commonly, I found it hard to find a definition for it. Different swarming approaches seem to range from "do pair programming, if otherwise the WIP limits would be broken" to "all people work on a single…
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Team consistently exceeding their WIP limit

I'm working with a team (but are not part of the team) that is consistently going over their WIP limits. They have decided on a WIP limit - they think it is realistic. Regularly they break the WIP limit. Whenever they break the WIP limit they…
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Assigning responsibility with physical Kanban Board

Question When starting a team new to using kanban boards (in this case a physical board) how do you assign tasks to them and get them in the habit of checking the board for new responsibilities? Team Background Edit: The team is a few experienced…
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