Flow

From Batch-Mode Delivery to Continuous Flow It’s been more than 2 decades since the Agile Manifesto, but many organizations are

Starting Point: Team Size as Initial Upper Bound If team size = 5: A reasonable initial WIP cap is: WIP

When a work item starts to age beyond expectation, teams often face a practical question: Should we move it to

What an Aging Breach Is Really Telling You In Kanban systems, aging is often misunderstood. Teams notice work items getting

One of the most common misunderstandings about Kanban is that it is a way of doing the work. It isn’t.

Kanban is often explained as a collection of practices: Visualize work.Limit WIP.Manage flow.Improve continuously. All of these are correct.None of

Lean Principles Revisited: Why Kanban Is a Control System Lean principles are widely taught, widely cited, and widely misunderstood—especially in

Why Stop Starting Is So Hard If there is one behavior that undermines flow more than any other, it is

One of the most persistent misunderstandings about Kanban is the belief that it is primarily a visualization technique. Boards. Columns.

Many organizations say they are “doing Kanban.”They have boards. They have columns. They move cards. And yet, nothing actually changes.