KANBAN

Description

Kanban stands for 'visual' and 'map'. Kanban is a way of making steps and tasks in a process visual.

When

In the phases Securing Results and Discharge and in day-to-day steering.

Goals

Efficiently produce and process tasks.

Steps

Visualise the work using pictures or post-its.
Consult who picks up what with what priority.
Move tasks from, for example, To Do to Work in Progress and Done when the status of a task changes.
Organise regular meetings to discuss tasks and priorities with relevant teams and stakeholders.

Examples

Figure: Example Kanban

Tips:

Make the work as visual as possible and include important info such as bottlenecks, waiting times et cetera.
Reduce Work in Progress (WIP) which makes a task go through Kanban faster. Furthermore, this allows you to avoid problems by reducing the chance of changes and switching tasks.
Focus on the WIP and try to establish tasks and rules through which the flow can be optimised.
Keep monitoring, changing and improving.

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