We are currently renovating an entire floor at home, and yesterday I tweeted about a Kanban board I put up for my carpenters. This was only meant as a “joke”, of course, but it generated some feedback and therefore, upon request, I share the board with you:
The intention was not to create a complete work list for them, but I wanted to visualize where their work and my work meet. A couple of examples are; “Pick up new kitchen from [vendor]”, “Tiles will be delivered between 0800 and 1400”. For now I use the columns Later -> Tomorrow -> Today -> OK!
And how did they respond to this? They seemed to understand the concept right away. They even pulled me over to the board today, pointed at a note to discuss possible changes for this particular item. That’s a good sign, if you ask me. They might never move a note on their own, but I think we communicate better this way. Luckily, the carpenters are early birds, so we even have time for daily standup before I leave for work.
To be honest I’m not sure if this goes under the definition of a Kanban board, but once again I see that a visual representation of how we work is powerful.
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Jørn Hunskaar 