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Kanban to help your projects

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 This is one of the better YouTube videos I've found describing KanBan. It's a Japanese methodology and this video makes it super simple to understand. I recommend that you familiarize yourself with KanBan so that you have this awareness if it comes up in an interview. You may need to know the basics for your first job. 

In addition, like one of my current classmates, you may find that it's a great organizational tool for your personal or academic life. She recommends using Trello and selecting the KanBan board to organize her tasks. Amy - thanks for the great suggestion!  I've started using it this way as well and I find that it really mimics how I think about the buckets of tasks I have on hand. Lists with priority numbers just don't work for me. Things move to quickly for a prioritized list to be relevant a few hours later. With the KanBan board you select the next task from a pool (with swim lanes) of sticky note tasks that you determine which one to work on by moving it into the Doing column. This helps you focus on the one thing at a time principle. It also will free up your own mental bandwith from worrying about all the tasks you need to do. These are sitting visibly in the other swim lanes waiting for you to handpick them as needed. I feel that this gives us a lot more control over our projects and better communication with team members.

What are your thoughts? Have you used KanBan before or have you heard of it?

YouTube on KanBan principles:

https://youtu.be/iVaFVa7HYj4



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