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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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WIP can be Imposed

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Jim Benson

Please don’t feel bad if you find you’ve lost control of your WIP. The two rules of Personal Kanban: 1. Visualize Your Work 2. Limit WIP With a little practice, #1 becomes easy…second nature, even. Number 2 is, well, pretty … Continue reading →

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Undertow and Churn: Workflow isn’t Always Linear

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Jim Benson

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 →

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WIP and Priorization: Recommended Portions

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Jim Benson

You’ve been hiking all morning and the mercury is nearing 100. You’re parched. You need water – lots of it.  But even in your thirst, you want that water to be manageable. Which holds more water – a lake or … 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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