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