Anybody Using the Kanban Methodology?

"[email protected] [eccopro]" <[email protected]> 10 Oct 2018 01:17:51 +0000
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I have had some time on my hand recently and have returned back to playing around with Ecco Pro templates. I wanted to see what I could come up with using the Kanban Workflow. For those who are not familiar with what Kanban is, well here's a definition.
 

 From Japanese, Kanban is literally translated as sign board or visual signal. The simplest Kanban board https://kanbanize.com/kanban-resources/getting-started/what-is-kanban-board/ has three columns – “Requested”, “In Progress” and “Done”. When constructed, managed and functioning properly, it serves as a real-time information repository, highlighting bottlenecks within the system and anything else which might get in the way of smooth working practices.
 

 Since Ecco Pro is not a Visual Whiteboard where you can view all open task at a glance, I had to try to come up with something close to how I thought this would work within the confines of an Ecco Pro Notepad. I use the proverbial Date of Entry view which automatically Date Stamps all items entered within this Notepad. Once a Task has been entered you need to assign a Due Date to the Task or assign it to your Get To It folder.
 

 When you start to work on the task you click on the In Progress column, which will automatically filter the item from the Date of Entry Notepad. You can now monitor In Progress tasks within the Working On It Notepad. In addition, if you elected to assign the task to the Get To It folder, it will be filtered from your Date of Entry folder with the default filter of Overview. The Overview filter is defined as:
 

 In Progress Has No Value
     And Done Has No Value
 And Get To It Has No Value
     And Done Has No Value
 

 I have included other filters within the template and you can find out how they are defined on the Instructions Notepad within the template. The additional filters are:
 

 Pending
 In Progress
 Next 7 Days
 Last 7 Days
 Overdue
 Planning Phase
 Development Phase
 Testing Phase
 Deployment Phase
 

 I've also included a method to track the number of Pomodoros used to complete a task. A Pomodoro is a block of work for 25 minutes without any interruptions. After each Pomodoro, one would take a 5 minute break. I have also provided a brief explanation of the Pomodoro Technique.
 

 I'll upload the file to files section. Let me know, if something is not working as you think it should or are looking for an enhancement to the file.
 

 Wil Ussery