Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

“Kanban” in Japanese means “signal board”. In production, such a board is used to visualize the growing pace, which allows you to produce more products at lower cost. A vivid example is Toyota’s approach, thanks to which the principle of “on time” with minimal costs has been effectively implemented for many years. David Anderson gives an expanded set of ideas (visualization of the process and work rules, typing of work items, service classes, cadences, metrics and graphs for managerial accounting and analysis) that determine the kanban method. The book describes tools that can effectively introduce lean manufacturing ideas into technological developments and IT operations with minimal resistance detecting changes and still maintain optimum for all employees involved in the work pace.