Comments on: Would You, Could You on a Plane?

By: Kicker

Kicker — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:58:18 +0000

No estб seguro de que esto es verdad:), pero gracias a un cargo. Gracias Kicker

By: Jim Benson

Jim Benson — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:28:01 +0000

@Ed … @Eric reminded me that I had been remiss in replying. I’m sorry about that.

For me, crossing things off means a few things.

1. At the end of your work you have a piece of paper filled with crossed out work that is now trash. If you use something that tracks state, then when you are done you have a record of work complete and the order in which is was completed.
2. Psychologically, crossing out work reinforces that work is to be done and forgotten – and that work is to be completed quickly rather than thoughtfully
3. To Do lists don’t reinforce limiting your work-in-progress, which I’m kinda keen on.

We do have a section in the book called “To Do Lists are the Spawn of the Devil,” that goes deep into why To Do Lists are nasty.

Having said this, it would be just fine to set up something like this:

…………..In Process …… Done ……. Notes
Task A
Task B
Task C

And note the state of the task, allowing you to mark in process and done with tick marks and not actually moving the text around.

By: Erik Lorrain

Erik Lorrain — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:29:52 +0000

@Edward

Yes, but what you are describing is simply a list. The beautiful part of the Kanban is that it takes the focus out of the “to do” and puts it into the “doing” and “done” perspectives. Ending your day with a bunch of stricken lines (thus nothing) isn’t satisfactory for me. I much prefer to see the wall of tasks that are in the “done” column!!!

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:44:25 +0000

Hm, I’m wondering how this could be useful in a lot more situations. How much easier is the world when you are working against difficult constraints? Not being able to make a lot of choices makes it easier to get done the fewer things left that are possible.

If you have few enough choices written down, then this three-column list simplifies into a one-column list. The thing you are doing is the thing you are doing. The thing you haven’t done yet hasn’t been crossed off yet, and the thing that is done is crossed off. The challenge is to make the “work in progress” part of this small enough that you can know what it is that you are doing right now without having to write it down.

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:09:51 +0000

Derek that is pure awesome.

This is what (for me) makes Personal Kanban so successful, the ability to set up and work it with whatever tools are available to you at the time.

By: Derek Huether

Derek Huether — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:48:12 +0000

Say!
I like Kanban!
I do! I like it, Sam-I-am!
And I would limit WIP in a boat.
And I would limit WIP with a goat.
And I will limit WIP in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
Limiting WIP is so good so good you see!

So I will limit WIP in a box.
And I will limit WIP with a fox.
And I will limit WIP in a house.
And I will limit WIP with a mouse.
And I will limit WIP here and there.
Say! I will limit WIP ANYWHERE!

I do so like
Limiting WIP and Kanban!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Sam-I-am

Strange how a simple title can get me started.

Best Regards,
Derek Huether
http://huecubed.com