Core Kanban Principles

Kanban is Japanese for “visual signal” or “card.” Toyota line-workers used a kanban (i.e., an actual card) to signal steps in their manufacturing process. A picture is worth a thousand words for scientific reasons: The brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. Kanban helps you harness the power of visual information by using sticky notes on a whiteboard to create a “picture” of your work. 
Four Core Kanban Principles:
1. Visualize Work
2. Limit Work in Process: By limiting how much unfinished work is in process, you can reduce the time it takes an item to travel through the Kanban system.
3. Focus on Flow: improve the smooth flow of work, collect metrics to analyze flow, and even get leading indicators of future problems
4. Continuous Improvement: Teams measure their effectiveness by tracking flow, quality, throughput, lead times and more

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