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Category Archives: Primers
Motivation Through Visualization: Seeing What is Really Important
When we wake up in the morning, we have a pretty good idea what we want to get done that day. To make those daily goals explicit, we created the Today (link) column for Personal Kanban. Our Personal Kanban serves … Continue reading
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The Psychology of Kanban (Video)
In November, 2010, Jim Benson spoke at the Oredev conference in Malmo, Sweden on Energizing the Individual Coder and the Psychology of Kanban. Clarity Means Completion: The Psychology of Kanban – Jim Benson from Øredev on Vimeo. .
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How We Interact with Kanban (Video)
In November, 2010, Jim Benson spoke at the Oredev conference in Malmo, Sweden on Energizing the Individual Coder and the Psychology of Kanban. Personal Kanban: Optimizing the Individual Coder – Jim Benson from Øredev on Vimeo.
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Would You, Could You on a Plane?
As a matter of fact, yes. I boarded the first leg of my flight from Seattle to Hanoi. I had 19 hours of flying ahead of me. I also had a backlog, and no wifi. Agile Zen was not going … Continue reading
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Tagged design patterns, task types, visual control, workflow
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Complex Lives Pt 1: Jessica’s Future In Progress
Ready –> Doing –> Done Life presents us with opportunities, and so we’ve no choice but to take on concurrent projects. Unfortunately they don’t always conform to that simple Ready –> Doing –> Done value stream. Last month I was … Continue reading
Personal Kanban Interviews on the Business 901 Podcast
Last month, I had the good fortune to be on Joe Dager’s Business 901 Podcast. The topic, of course, was Personal Kanban. Joe edited the conversation into two parts which can be found below: Part 1 Powered by Podbean.com Part … Continue reading
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Announcing the Launch of iKan, the Personal Kanban iPhone App
You asked for it, and we listened. Today we are proud to announce the launch of the first Personal Kanban iPhone app, iKan. When we set out to build it, we decided to focus on a few key things: 1. … Continue reading
Work / Life Balance
I’ve been surprised lately by the number of people asking me about work/life balance. We feel we are undervaluing our family ties, our personal goals, our community involvement, our hobbies and our art. Oftentimes our work makes us feel isolated … Continue reading
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Tagged prioritization, subjective well being, task types, work life balance
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Inventory Makes Work
Lean talks a lot about inventory. A major tenet of Lean is to reduce inventory. Companies that stock up on too much stuff have to maintain that stuff, manage it, and then deal with it when it is no longer … Continue reading
