Tag Archives: workflow

The Pen: The Handoff Column

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Jim Benson

In our work, we have tasks we need to do, tasks we are doing, and tasks we’ve completed. We know we have a WIP limit and that we shouldn’t exceed it. But tasks aren’t always as tidy as we’d like. … Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Kanban (Video)

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Jim Benson

In November, 2010, Jim Benson spoke at the Oredev conference in Malmo, Sweden on Energizing the Individual Coder and the Psychology of Kanban. Clarity Means Completion: The Psychology of Kanban – Jim Benson from Øredev on Vimeo. .

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How We Interact with Kanban (Video)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Jim Benson

In November, 2010, Jim Benson spoke at the Oredev conference in Malmo, Sweden on Energizing the Individual Coder and the Psychology of Kanban. Personal Kanban: Optimizing the Individual Coder – Jim Benson from Øredev on Vimeo.

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Would You, Could You on a Plane?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Jim Benson

As a matter of fact, yes. I boarded the first leg of my flight from Seattle to Hanoi. I had 19 hours of flying ahead of me. I also had a backlog, and no wifi. Agile Zen was not going … Continue reading →

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Complex Lives Pt 2: Visualizing Real Work

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Jim Benson

In part one of Complex Lives, we set a Future in Progress (FIP) limit for Jessica, a busy and active single mom. Her goals were overwhelming her ability to get things done. So we reigned them in by giving her … Continue reading →

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Complex Lives Pt 1: Jessica’s Future In Progress

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Jim Benson

Ready –> Doing –> Done Life presents us with opportunities, and so we’ve no choice but to take on concurrent projects. Unfortunately they don’t always conform to that simple Ready –> Doing –> Done value stream. Last month I was … Continue reading →

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Personal Kanban Interviews on the Business 901 Podcast

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Jim Benson

Last month, I had the good fortune to be on Joe Dager’s Business 901 Podcast.  The topic, of course, was Personal Kanban. Joe edited the conversation into two parts which can be found below: Part 1 Powered by Podbean.com Part … 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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Tools Talk: Julia Child Understood the Nature of Work

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jim Benson

While expertise, good humor, humanity, and care are words that immediately come to mind when describing Julia Child, the iconic chef personified something else – she understood the nature of her work. She recognized the role it played, the value … 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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