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The Pen: Managing Stalled Tasks
This question is from an interview I just did with an internal magazine with ExileSoft, a Sri Lankan company. The question has been haunting me, though, so I’m extending my reply in this post. Thushara’s question: “I started to practice … Continue reading
Multitasking and Bottlenecks: Why Limit Your WIP III
A Stanford study recently suggested that multi-taskers made very poor multi-taskers. Does that not make sense? Well, the study found that self-identified multi-taskers ended up people who were merely justifying a scattered lifestyle. Perhaps they felt productive because during a … Continue reading
Gemba Symbolizer: Element #12 of the Kanban
In Lean the “Gemba” is where everything happens. It’s the crime scene, the shop floor, ground zero. In manufacturing, the Gemba is a physical location, filled with gear, that you can walk along and evaluate for operational productivity, efficiency, and … Continue reading
Collaborative Aid: Element #10 of the Kanban
“Hey Tonianne, I see you’ve pulled the ‘Strike sheet for Kaizen Camp’ ticket. I took some notes from our meeting the other day, they are in the ‘Kaizen Clean Up’ mind map. Just take a look at that, it should … Continue reading
You’re In My System: Lean Muppets Post 5
Gonk and Geefle Build a Collaborative System This one might seem a little blatant, but Geefle and Gonk are doing more than simply dividing labor – they are systems thinking in action. Initially, the system is every Snooian for himself. … Continue reading
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Complexity Calming: Why Limit WIP Series, Post 4
In a wonderful meta moment today, I (Jim) was prepping for this post and listening to a talk on Library Futures by Jabe Bloom, the CTO of the Library Corporation. A large part of his talk dealt with complexity in … Continue reading
Undertow and Churn: Workflow isn’t Always Linear
In Personal Kanban, our primary step is to define our workflow. Workflows tend to be linear, and often look like this: Waiting –>Doing–>Done or Outline –> Pre-writing –> Draft –> Edit –> Final Draft or Backlog –> Coding –> Testing –> … Continue reading
