A Simple Personal Kanban
What is Personal Kanban?
Personal Kanban is a simple way to visualize and control your work.
Quick Links:
- What is a kanban?
- InfoPak on building your first Personal Kanban
- Building your first Personal Kanban
- How to build your value stream
- Why you want to limit work-in-progress
- Limiting WIP Series
- Why call it “Personal” Kanban?
- Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life – The Personal Kanban Book
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Despite our best intentions, life has a way of becoming complicated. People, tasks, responsibilities, deadlines, and even recreation all compete for our attention. The human brain however, simply does not respond well to the stress of juggling multiple priorities.
That’s where Personal Kanban can help. Adaptable to all ages and situations, and accessible to all learning styles, personal kanban allows us to visualize the amount of work we have, and the way that work is carried out.
Unlike other personal productivity tools, Personal Kanban is a pattern – it is not an edict. You can mold it into whatever shape or form works best for you at the time. Personal Kanban is also scalable – it can work with just you, or with your family, or even with work groups.
There are only two real rules with Personal Kanban:
1. Visualize your work
2. Limit your work-in-progress
It’s just that simple. After you’ve used this “introductory’ kanban for a little while, your understanding of the nature of your work will evolve. As it does, your kanban will likewise evolve.
Follow the link below for the Personal Kanban 101 Slideshare – it goes into detail why Personal Kanban works, how to create one, and what to do with it.
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This is the first time I heard of kanban. I’ve had problem with getting things done and I have more work-in-progress. I have so many ideas but never managed to finish them. So let me just stick around, read, and learn.
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I’m a product owner using Kanban with my team and it never struck me to do this till now. I’m going to give this a shot myself.
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