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Kanban

"Kanban has been growing in popularity during the recent decades. Originating from manufacturing, it later became a territory claimed by software developers. Recently, it started getting recognized by the business units across various areas. "

The Kanban Method follows a set of principles and practices for managing and improving the flow of work. It is an evolutionary, non-disruptive method that promotes gradual improvements to an organization’s processes.

Kanban is a non-disruptive evolutionary change management system. This means that the existing process is improved in small steps. By implementing many minor changes (rather than a large one), the risk to the overall system is reduced. The evolutionary approach of Kanban leads to low or no resistance in the team and the stakeholders involved.

Big Data

Kanban is a visual system for managing work as it moves through a process. Kanban visualizes both the process (the workflow) and the actual work passing through that process. The goal of Kanban is to identify potential bottlenecks in your process and fix them so work can flow through it cost-effectively at an optimal speed or throughput.

There are six generally accepted rules for kanban:

  • Downstream processes may only withdraw items in the precise amounts specified on the kanban
  • No items are made or moved without a kanban.
  • Defects and incorrect amounts are never sent to the next downstream process.
  • Upstream processes may only send items downstream in the precise amounts and sequences specified by the kanban.
  • The number of kanbans should be monitored carefully to reveal problems and opportunities for improvement.
  • A kanban must accompany each item at all times.