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Why Not a WIP of One?: Why Limit WIP Series, Post 2

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jim and Tonianne

With only two guiding principles – Visualize your work and Limit your WIP – much of Personal Kanban seems fairly straightforward. But it’s not as obvious as it seems, and there’s actually a lot going on under the hood. Tons, … Continue reading →

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PK Basics: Why Limit Your WIP Series, Post 1

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Jim and Tonianne

In Personal Kanban we have only two rules. One of them is to limit your WIP. That sounds simple enough. But what does limiting your WIP really imply? This series describes what we mean by “WIP,” why it’s important to … Continue reading →

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Personal Kanban Webinar Friday Feb 18th 11am PST 2pm ET

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jim and Tonianne

The awesome people over at Slideshare were gracious enough to ask us to help launch their new web conferencing product Zipcast. It should come as no surprise that we were honored to be asked and said “yes” immediately. Outside of … Continue reading →

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Urgent and Important: Incorporating your existing tools into Personal Kanban

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Jim Benson

We’ve devised Personal Kanban to adapt to any system you might currently use (unless of course your preferred  system is utter chaos). The only two rules are visualize your work and limit work-in-progress (WIP). PK’s main goal is to get … Continue reading →

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Rapture – Training Your Mind for Completion

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Jim Benson

Don’t strain your brain, paint a train You’ll be singing’ in the rain… – Blondie Your brain is a muscle. As we repeat certain actions, our “muscle memory” becomes comfortable with those actions, and programs itself to anticipate them. As … Continue reading →

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InfoPak 3 – Personal Kanban Design Patterns: Inspiration to Discover Your Flow

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Info Pak3 Personal Kanban Design Patterns View more documents from Jim Benson. Modus Cooperandi is pleased to announce the release of its third Personal Kanban InfoPak. In Personal Kanban Design Patterns: Inspiration to Discover Your Flow we present a series … Continue reading →

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Getting "Personal" with Your Kanban

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Tonianne DeMaria Barry

So why call it “personal” if I can use it with my family, in the classroom, or with a team at the office? In life and in business, we create value.  For Personal Kanban, “personal”  relates to  personal value.  Personal … Continue reading →

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InfoPak 2 – Personal Kanban 101: Achieving Focus & Clarity with Your First Personal Kanban

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Personal Kanban 101 View more presentations from Jim Benson. Modus Cooperandi is pleased to announce the release of its second Personal Kanban InfoPak. In Personal Kanban 101: Achieving Focus & Clarity with Your First Personal Kanban we discuss the essentials for … Continue reading →

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Building Your First Personal Kanban

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Jim Benson

Four simple steps to starting your first personal kanban. Continue reading →

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What is a Kanban?

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Jim Benson

A kanban is a tool to visualize, organize, and complete work. The first official use of kanban can be traced to Taiichi Ohno’s work at Toyota. He needed a way to quickly communicate to all workers how much work was … Continue reading →

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