Tracking Feature-level Progress in Kanban
Tracking progress at the feature level instead of tasks or sprints: the management behaviors and visibility that shift teams from activity to outcomes.
Tracking progress at the feature level instead of tasks or sprints: the management behaviors and visibility that shift teams from activity to outcomes.
Executives want simple metrics for product development. But simple metrics for complex work often create perverse incentives. Which ones signal health.
Using Minimally Marketable Features as the atomic unit for Scrum sprints in a Kanban-influenced delivery system: better value flow, same sprint structure.
Using statistical process control techniques with Kanban flow data to detect early warning signs of delivery problems before they become crises.
Slack isn't wasted capacity: it's what makes improvement, learning, and sustainable delivery possible during an agile/Kanban transition.
Kanban boards model your workflow, but should work items always touch every column? When skipping lanes is legitimate vs when it signals a process problem.