Kanban Practices

Explore resources to get started with fundamental flow practices

Flow Metrics for Startups
Adam Bullied, COO at Circus, joins to discuss the use of flow metrics in at startup environment. Adam shares his experiences with implementing flow metrics, and covers the real-world benefits he has realized through visualizing and actively managing work in progress. 
Introduction to Flow Metrics
When Will it Be Done?
Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability
Principles of Product Development Flow
The Kanban Pocket Guide
Flow Metrics For Scrum Teams
Portfolio Kanban
Basketball, Baseball and Agile Teams
Taming the chaos for managers: Learning to swim
Little's Law
Kanban Pocket Guide
Blocked cards: avoiding unnecessary drama
The Power of Relationships: Taking the first step
Make your visualization about the work, not the workers
Theory 101: Thinking Processes of TOC
Ticket Size Does Not Matter
Designing Your Board to Focus on flow
If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk… Systems Thinking
Slack is not a dirty word: How ‘slack’ can improve your products
Can you afford not to limit work in progress?
Theory 101: Five Focusing Steps of TOC
Benefits of WIP Limits
The Art of Queuing
Optimal Operating Capacity (…WIP Limits?)
First, decide what not to do
Scaling without scaling
Business Efficiency? Watch the Ball, not the Player
Put Your focus on Focus
Will We Make It — Cars, Maps and Software Projects (Continuous Reforecasting)
The Kanban Guide