Kanban

Kanban is a lean workflow management method for explaining, handling and also improving services to provide the knowledge work. It assists us to visualize work and maximizes efficiency and also progresses continuously. Here the work will be represented on the Kanban boards which allow us to optimize work delivery all over the multiple teams and also can handle the most complex projects in a single environment.

Kanban exactly means visual board which has been used in the sense of a process which has the definition since the 1950s which was developed and also applied by Toyota as the scheduling system for just-in-time manufacturing kanban is associated with the emergence of the kanban method.

Kanban principles

There are two types of kanban principles. Let us know these principles:

1. Change management Principles

• Start with what we know
• We have to agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
• Acts of Leadership at all levels are motivated.

2. Service Delivery principles

• We have to focus on customer’s needs and expectations
• Manage the work, not the workers
• Regularly review the networks of services.

Change Management Principles

Principle 1: Start with what you do know

Kanban provides the flexibility to use the method on top of existing workflows, systems and processes without disrupting what will be already in place. The method identifies the existing processes, roles and responsibilities and also titles that have values and are generally worth preserving.

Principle 2:  We should agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change

The Kanban method is built to meet minimal resistance. It enhances continuous small incremental and evolutionary changes to the current process by implementing collaboration and also feedback forms.

Principle 3: Encourage Acts of leadership at all levels

Leadership is at all levels derived from people’s everyday insights and acts to improve their way of working. As unimportant as we think, each shared observation fosters a continuous improvement mindset to reach optimal performance on a team or maybe company level.

Service Level Principles

Kanban has the purpose of developing a service-oriented approach. It needs to profoundly understand the customer’s needs, create a network of services where people self-organize around the work, and also make sure the system works continuously.

Principle 1: Focusing on customer’s needs and expectations

When we deliver value to the customer that must be at the centre of each organization. Understanding the needs and expectations of our customers brings attention to the quality of provided services and also the value it creates.

Principle 2: Manage the work

Managing the work in the network of services which makes sure that empowers people’s ability to self-organize around the work. This enables focus on desired outcomes without the noise that is created by managing the people delivering the services.

Principle 3: Regularly Review the network of services

A service-oriented approach will need continuous evaluation to foster a customer service culture. Although the use of regular reviews of the network of services and assessment of the applied work policies, Kanban will encourage the improvement of the delivered results.

Benefits of Kanban

There are benefits of kanban. They are

1. Increased visibility of the flow

Kanban is visualizing every piece of work. The kanban board will turn into a central informational hub and everyone will be on the same page. Here all tasks will be visible and also they never get lost which gives transparency to the whole process.

2. Improved delivery speed

Kanban provides multiple project managers that closely monitor and also make informed analyses of the distribution of the work. With the clear view all over the work items completed for a specific time, the stages in which all the tasks are spent the longest,bottlenecks which are easy to identify.

Questions

1. What are the features of kanban? Why it is used
2. Explain the principles of kanban?