Author: Kanban Mentor

The three primary development models used today are a sequential model (e.g., Waterfall), a timeboxed iteration model (e.g., Scrum) and a continuous […]

As supported by the Agile Manifesto, team interactions are more important than processes and tools. Teamwork, communication, positivity and morale effect cycle […]

In Hans Christian Andersen’s book, The Emperor’s New Clothes, two weavers give the emperor a new suit of clothes that they say […]

This blog discusses one of several advantages of a continuous flow model when compared with a timeboxed iteration model such as scrum. […]

The Scrum guide clearly depicts the meetings that all Scrum teams must hold and when. But there is no guide of mandatory […]

For many years, people have touted the advantages of an iterative development model versus a sequential waterfall model. While waterfall is a […]

In Kanban, we set Work in Progress (WIP) limits so that we can easily visualize when bottlenecks occur in our workflow. This […]

There is no magical formula for how to initially set WIP limits and certainly no one size fits all. It is highly […]

Kanban literally means “sign board” in Japanese. So, every Kanban team has a Kanban board that depicts the team’s workflow tracking all […]

How does Kanban streamline your processes? To begin to answer this question, we need to decide to what we are comparing our […]