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Category Archives: DesignPatterns
The Throughput Approach to Personal Kanban in Detail
In the previous posts we looked at the Time Capsule workaround to having a backlog cluttered with small tasks of varying importance. This throughput approach might help mitigate the need to use that approach. Kanban tends to have swim lanes … Continue reading
The Sequestering Approach and Personal Kanban
Personal tasks are often repetitive or open-ended. Daily phone calls with your kids, an on-going email thread with your college roommate, or follow-up with potential clients are tasks that need to be carried out, but that don’t fit neatly into … Continue reading
The Subproject Approach to Personal Kanban in Detail
Problematic for personal kanban is that its task-based nature undermines lean’s value-tracking goals. Kanban, not even personal kanban, is not a to-do list. Personal kanban tracks tasks because that’s primarily how individuals measure work and value. Your personal kanban can … Continue reading
Orange Days – Batching Unattractive Tasks
Sometimes we procrastinate. Kanban highlights procrastination so it doesn’t sneak up. Continue reading
Personal Kanban for Authors
Creating a kanban specifically for writing projects. Good view of an evolving work flow Continue reading
Kidzban – Personal Kanban for Kids and Why it Works
Personal Kanban works for kids. Combining clear expectations with work flow in a game-like system equals fun! Continue reading
