Tracking your Team’s Work with SwiftKanban
One of the core Kanban principles is working with small batch sizes for achieving greater flow and output. In the context of software, this means small and continuous releases where you shorten the release cycle for faster time to market. As a development manager, it means that you need to continuously keep track of work being completed against the cards on the board and look for card updates from time to time. For any reasonable sized team…
May 27, 2016
Of all the roles in a software or product development organization, I will argue the Product Manager’s (or Owner’s) job is the most challenging. On the one hand, the task of figuring out just what to build is complex and multifaceted. On the other hand, in any reasonably mature product organization, there is so much work that is going on and so much new demand, that the Product Manager can wish all they want in terms of product innovation and focus on the product roadmap, but failure and customer demand pretty much hijacks most of the Dev capacity in the organization.
It’s been more than 10 years since the launch of the body of work that ultimately led to the Kanban Method for knowledge teams by David Anderson. During last month’s Lean Kanban India conference (the very first official Lean Kanban conference in India), which we were very proud to co-host and be a Title Sponsor of, David presented a journey down memory lane of 10 years of Kanban. During this period, Kanban, and the Kanban Method, have emerged, depending on who you talk to, as an “alternate path to Agility”, an alternative to Scrum, a way to improve your Scrum
I was in Bangalore for a few days, in part to attend the Agile India 2015 conference. The Sunday morning after the conference got done, I decided to go for a walk. Instead of the picturesque Cubbon Park close by, I decided to go exploring the city. In keeping with the Lean/ Kanban principles discussed at the conference, I decided to maximize flow – and turn in whichever direction the pedestrian crossings were open. That immediately put me on Kasturba Road. I thought fleetingly, “Of course, Kasturba Gandhi (Road) had to be next to her husband Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Road!”
We’ve spent the last couple of months squashing bugs and improving SwiftKanban in every way possible. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added quite a few features too; here are the highlights. Use Your Facebook Account to Signup and Login to SwiftKanban! You can set up your SwiftKanban account using your Facebook account and use that to login to SwiftKanban. It’s as simple as clicking on the button. 
