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