Kanban Practices: Manage Flow and Explicit Policies
Explore Kanban practices to manage workflow by focusing on blocked and at-risk items during daily meetings. Learn how to conduct blocker and outlier analysis to identify root causes and improve flow. Understand the importance of making team policies explicit to enhance collaboration and manage expectations in Scrum and Kanban environments.
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Manage flow
Scrum already has a daily meeting to take care of the flow. However, the approach of a daily Kanban meeting is quite different from Scrum’s.
In Kanban, we read the board from right to left, and we only focus on those items which are at risk or are blocked. We also discuss ways in which we can reduce queues or fix bottlenecks. After reading the board, some team members might dedicate some time to discussing some of the items in detail.
In addition to the daily Kanban meeting, which helps to solve immediate problems with the flow, there is also the Team Performance Meeting, where you can use two ...