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