This tag is for questions related to Kanban for software development and maintenance. Kanban is an alternative method of achieving agility, using limiting work-in-progress instead of time-boxed iterations like "traditional" agile methods. Introduction and definitions of Kanban can be found at http://www.limitedwipsociety.org/
Questions tagged [kanban]
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What is the role of traditional issue tracker when Scrum / Kanban board is used?
From a very high level view, to me it seems there are generally 2 types of Project Management tools:
Traditional issue trackers like Fogbugz, JIRA, BugZilla, Trac, Redmine etc.
Virtual card boards / agile project management tools like Pivotal…
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Should technical debt be scheduled as a feature or a chore (or a bug)?
I've added a couple of user stories that address some technical debt to my Pivotal Tracker board. Should I consider them as features (keeping my velocity level) or as chores/bugs (lowering my velocity)? I understand it won't make any difference in…
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Why has extreme programming (XP) gone out of date in favor of Agile, Kanban etc?
I like XP (extreme programming), especially the part where there are 2 programmers at the same screen, since a problem's solution is often found more quickly if only you explain what you're doing and pair programming forces you to explain what…
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How can I track quality attributes on my team's Kanban?
My team uses a Kanban system for tracking day-to-day progress and it's worked out really well for understanding progress on features (captured as user stories). We have largely allowed our system design to emerge as we develop features which worked…
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Kanban: How to choose work item size
Starting with Kanban, I'm not sure about how granular my work items should be. While you find lots of concrete recommendations about how to choose the WIP, most of the Kanban tutorials I've read stay quite vague about the size of a work item (= a…
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When does the team discuss requirements when using Kanban?
I have been reading a bit about Kanban and I am slightly confused on the topic of Requirements.
In my current project we use Scrum. At the beginning of a Sprint, we have a session where the BA does a walkthrough of the Story and describes it as…
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How to specify WIP limits in Kanban?
Consider a typical Kanban board:
Input, Analysis, Dev Ready, Development, Build Ready, Test, Release Ready
How to specify WIP limits for each column? any formula?
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Teams do relative estimations, business wants absolute estimations. How to make everyone satisfied?
This is the case:
Clients want to know how much time will be needed to finish a particular task (not the group of tasks). They are asking for man/days absolute estimation and only when they get it, they decide whether to approve or not.
Teams are…
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Feedback on a Kanban Board for Solution Architectects
Before I get started I need to issue a pre-emptive apology:
It is very likely that some of the terminology / vocabulary I use in this post is plain wrong there is also a good chance I have entirely misinterpreted some of the keys aspects. I am new…
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How to organize work for a team delivering 3 connected but distinct products and stay agile
We are a team responsible for 3 products:
2 products are in active development of new functionality and are moving fast therefore work there could be classified as project
3rd product is alive and kicking and here work involves BAU 1 and…
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How do you avoid disrupting the flow of work when the Product Owner asks for a release?
My team has been using Scrum for years with a goal to deliver a potentially releasable build each sprint. We recently started using a Kanban board moving away from time-boxed delivery to feature-boxed delivery. So far, this seems to better fit the…
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Is it time for our development organization to let go of Scrum?
I'm part of a development organization which has traditionally been using Scrum principles. We have 3-week sprints, at the end of which we produce a software artefact which our customers install on premise, and at their own discretion. Most…
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Scrum & Kanban Integration - How to coordinate dev team capacity?
I'm a Scrum Master of a team that is working on developing a software & maintaining its production issues.
I'm planning to combine Scrum and Kanban. Where Scrum is for development, and Kanban is for production support, as suggested on many posts…
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What are common categories for Kanban and Scrum JIRA boards?
One minimal Kanban-like system has three places for cards: "To do", "In progress", "Done". As I've seen Scrum and Kanban on the web, it is maybe five or six categories.
What are some of the common options for categories for Kanban and Scrum JIRA…
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Should you reward based on overall project completeness or velocity?
The development team I'm in has been working on a VERY large project for months now and we recently started to implement a kanban board with agile practices into our process. We have seen MASSIVE improvement in our throughput! Its so exciting! But…
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