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
Theory 101: Five Focusing Steps of TOC
Portfolio Kanban
Ticket Size Does Not Matter
Put Your focus on Focus
Designing Your Board to Focus on flow
Taming the chaos for managers: Learning to swim
The Art of Queuing
Slack is not a dirty word: How ‘slack’ can improve your products
Little's Law
Will We Make It — Cars, Maps and Software Projects (Continuous Reforecasting)
If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk… Systems Thinking
First, decide what not to do
Benefits of WIP Limits
Optimal Operating Capacity (…WIP Limits?)
Make your visualization about the work, not the workers
Blocked cards: avoiding unnecessary drama
Can you afford not to limit work in progress?
Scaling without scaling
The Kanban Guide
The Power of Relationships: Taking the first step
Business Efficiency? Watch the Ball, not the Player
Kanban Pocket Guide
Basketball, Baseball and Agile Teams
Theory 101: Thinking Processes of TOC