Comments on: Dependencies in Personal Kanban

By: Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Tonianne DeMaria Barry — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:16:51 +0000

Thanks so much for your comment, John. I enjoy using Action Method’s paper products and will be sure to check out their software. How exactly are you using it? As an online kanban?

Happy to hear you enjoyed our Infopaks. Once the book is completed (we’re getting close) we’ll be releasing several other slide decks, so stay tuned!

By: John McDougle

John McDougle — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:11:20 +0000

For those who are dealing with multiple projects where they need to collaborate but still want as much post-it simplicity as possible, I came across Action Method software recently and have been trying it out. It looks promising. Getting the balance of ‘just enough’ complexity to get the job done seems to be one of the major challenges in knowledge work. BTW I loved your INFOPAK slide decks

By: Jim Benson

Jim Benson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:49:35 +0000

Multiple projects, deadlines, grouped dependencies …

Difficult to visualize, but worse yet if not visualized.

Looking forward to seeing how your PK turns out.

By: orcmid

orcmid — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:29:16 +0000

I like it!

I am inclined to use sticky stacks but had trouble with what gets put out of sight. I think I will look for clusters, because often dependencies are inter-cluster and the in-cluster ones are simply sequential.

I need to deal with multiple streams also. My computer infrastructure needs serious updating, and that includes migration of data, retirement of some machines, planning upgrades, etc. Meanwhile, I have to move off of Blogger before they cease support for publishing to my own site by FTP on March 26, and this impinges on infrastructure work. And then there are the billable projects, stansdards-devvelopment work, dealing with tax season, veterinary schedules, … [;<).

I am not sure what to do about the calendar business. It's a wall-space and visibility problem for me. My best calendar attention is in Outlook, and I will need to be creative about connecting between that calendar and items on my physical Kanban display.

Thanks, this gives me plenty to think about and to try out as I reshuffle my PK display today.