All Entries Tagged With: "prioritization"

Dependencies in Personal Kanban

Dependencies are things that occur in succession. One thing happens, then another thing can happen. Ideally, on a kanban, the value stream will visualize these transitions. For a value stream like this:
Analysis -> Creation -> Refinement -> Launch
refinement is dependent on both analysis and creation.
That neatly takes care of dependencies, but in our Personal Kanban [...]

The Priority Filter: A Tutorial

Prioritization is often even more difficult and daunting as the tasks that confront you. A priority filter in your Personal Kanban helps you determine what tasks are ready in your queue, and the order of importance they should assume.  Click on the video below for a quick priority filter tutorial.
Note: This video is best viewed [...]

Am I Productive, Efficient, or Effective?

Productivity: having the power to produce
Efficiency: the ratio of the output to the input of any system
Effectiveness: being able to bring about a desired result
Personal Kanban is considered a Productivity tool, because it gives us the power to produce more.  It is likewise said to increase Efficiency by limiting WIP and increasing focus which means we [...]

Urgent and Important: Incorporating your existing tools into Personal Kanban

We’ve devised Personal Kanban to adapt to any system you might currently use (unless of course your preferred  system is utter chaos). The only two rules are visualize your work and limit work-in-progress (WIP). PK’s main goal is to get you to write things down and begin to watch how and what you complete.
Last week, [...]

WIP and Priorization: Recommended Portions

You’ve been hiking all morning and the mercury is nearing 100. You’re parched. You need water – lots of it.  But even in your thirst, you want that water to be manageable.
Which holds more water – a lake or a drinking glass?
Which will satisfy your thirst – a fire hose or a drinking fountain?
Whether it [...]

Pulling in Batches – The “Today” Column

We don’t always pull one task at a time. Every day, cognitively, we pull in batches.

Personal Kanban: Tangible Tasks Produce Prioritization

Planning and prioritizing is a wicked problem that has plagued humankind since time immemorial. – Corey Ladas

Human beings want three things in life: sex, money and effective prioritization.
There appears to be a logical and linear three-stage process of better prioritization as you become familiar with kanban. The process follows the three main characteristics of the [...]