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" One current fad goes under the general name of "Agile methods;" some of its variants are extreme programming, the SCRUM methodology and Alastair Cockburn's Crystal Clear Methodology. Now, I'm the last guy to run down Agile methodologies, but...let me tell you a story. About two years ago, I joined a project to build an appliance to Do A Good Thing. I'm changing the names and details to protect, well, primarily me, but innocents were involved. Constant Change» Blog Archive » Kanban Ground Rules Example for a Specific Team.
Introduction Kanban is a pull system that determines the supply, or production, according to the actual demand of the customers.
In contexts where demand is difficult to forecast the best one can do is to quickly respond to observed demand. This is exactly what a kanban system does, it acts as a demand signal which immediately propagates through the entire chain. Definitions Cycle Time – The difference between the date any one thing is placed in the PO queue and the date that thing is released in to production.