Comments on: Starting Is Easy, Finishing Is Hard http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/ visualize. learn. improve. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Benson http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/#comment-78 Jim Benson Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:07:34 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?p=667#comment-78 Hey Tommy, Yes! A permanent screen is extremely important. I would do the flat screen for all the reasons you mentioned. The best of all worlds would be a large touch screen. If your value stream isn't too long, I think you should be able to get along with a smaller screen. The always-on is really important. It's awesome that you appreciate how important it is. People need to be confronted with the Personal Kanban in a group setting or they lose sight of the goals and what other people are doing. Jim Hey Tommy,

Yes! A permanent screen is extremely important.

I would do the flat screen for all the reasons you mentioned.

The best of all worlds would be a large touch screen.

If your value stream isn’t too long, I think you should be able to get along with a smaller screen.

The always-on is really important. It’s awesome that you appreciate how important it is. People need to be confronted with the Personal Kanban in a group setting or they lose sight of the goals and what other people are doing.

Jim

]]> By: Tommy http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/#comment-77 Tommy Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:32:48 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?p=667#comment-77 This is exactly my hesitation. I want the benefits of having a kanban board in electronic form, but also the benefits of transparency having a big physical board at a work wall. I'm seriously thinking about mounting a projector canon and project Zen or other software as big as it gets. The issue here is noice and lamp cost as it will be (must be) turned on at all times (not during nites of course). Maybe I can have a smaller (like 40') flat screen for each apartment in the company... You comments on this would be much appreciated (plz send a mail as well). /T This is exactly my hesitation. I want the benefits of having a kanban board in electronic form, but also the benefits of transparency having a big physical board at a work wall.

I’m seriously thinking about mounting a projector canon and project Zen or other software as big as it gets. The issue here is noice and lamp cost as it will be (must be) turned on at all times (not during nites of course).

Maybe I can have a smaller (like 40′) flat screen for each apartment in the company…

You comments on this would be much appreciated (plz send a mail as well).

/T

]]> By: Michael Arnoldus http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/#comment-76 Michael Arnoldus Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:24:29 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?p=667#comment-76 Just the answer I needed. Thanks. Just the answer I needed. Thanks.

]]> By: DerekHuether http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/#comment-75 DerekHuether Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:29:56 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?p=667#comment-75 Michael, the answer is my Zen based kanban have everything. The only difference is my physical board at the office does <strong>not</strong> contain the stories from my Backlog nor does it have items completed more than a week ago. The stories only appear on my (physical) board when they've been vetted and refined enough to be considered for prioritization and work. Yes, that includes acceptance criteria and everything. This process does a few things. First, it saves me a lot of time updating post-it notes on the physical board. Second, it keeps everyone reviewing the board informed. Since this is my personal kanban and not a department kanban, it just lets everyone know what I'm working on. I only go back to the backlog when I've completed the work at hand (WIP). I only go to the archive if someone has a question about previous work completed. I completely agree about the desire to use the large radiators. Again, I capture the details in Zen and just have the story ID and brief description on the post-it notes. If budget was no option, I would port Zen to a flat panel on the wall for all to see. Until then, this is my solution. I hope I answered your questions. Regards, Derek Michael, the answer is my Zen based kanban have everything. The only difference is my physical board at the office does not contain the stories from my Backlog nor does it have items completed more than a week ago. The stories only appear on my (physical) board when they’ve been vetted and refined enough to be considered for prioritization and work. Yes, that includes acceptance criteria and everything. This process does a few things. First, it saves me a lot of time updating post-it notes on the physical board. Second, it keeps everyone reviewing the board informed. Since this is my personal kanban and not a department kanban, it just lets everyone know what I’m working on. I only go back to the backlog when I’ve completed the work at hand (WIP). I only go to the archive if someone has a question about previous work completed.

I completely agree about the desire to use the large radiators. Again, I capture the details in Zen and just have the story ID and brief description on the post-it notes. If budget was no option, I would port Zen to a flat panel on the wall for all to see. Until then, this is my solution. I hope I answered your questions.

Regards,
Derek

]]> By: Michael Arnoldus http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/featured/starting-is-easy-finishing-is-hard/#comment-74 Michael Arnoldus Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:08:09 +0000 http://personalkanban.com/?p=667#comment-74 I'm curious - do you actually have an exact physical copy of the Zen based kanban - or are you talking about two different kanban boards covering different subjects? If it's the same - how long time are you spending updating? And which one has you chosen as your primary? My main problem at the moment is that I truly believe in the huge advantage of a large physical information radiator - and at the same time need to be able to move the information easily. I agree Zen is a wonderful product. I’m curious – do you actually have an exact physical copy of the Zen based kanban – or are you talking about two different kanban boards covering different subjects?

If it’s the same – how long time are you spending updating? And which one has you chosen as your primary?

My main problem at the moment is that I truly believe in the huge advantage of a large physical information radiator – and at the same time need to be able to move the information easily. I agree Zen is a wonderful product.

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