{"id":"kanban","title":"Kanban and work flow","summary":"Define a workflow, manage work in progress and improve the movement of work.","concepts":["Workflow definition: make start, finish and movement policies explicit","Work in progress: manage concurrent work","Flow metrics: observe throughput, cycle time and work item age"],"application":"Use this method to examine delays and bottlenecks in support, editing or development work with continuous incoming requests.","limitations":"Putting work on a board does not resolve bottlenecks by itself. Simple averages across unlike work items can distort interpretation.","directions":["Finish work: prioritize completing existing work over starting more.","Service response: use policies by request type to balance urgency and predictability."],"category":"Technology and product","kind":"method","kind_label":"Method","persona_ids":["developer"],"revision":1,"updated_at":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","sources":[{"title":"The Kanban Guide","url":"https://kanbanguides.org/english/","publisher":"Kanban Guides","edition":"2025.5","region":"International reference; verify the application environment","checked_at":"2026-10-07","reuse":"Independent editorial summary and source link; the original text is not republished."}],"review":{"status":"source-checked-editorial","expert_reviewed":false},"editorial_note":"Editorial English translation of the Korean edition. No professional translation or occupational expert review has been completed. Translation does not change the source jurisdiction.","language":"en","translation":{"status":"current","source_language":"ko","source_version":"kb-7b45b6e7b52f5ce3","translated_at":"2026-10-08","professional_reviewed":false},"trust":"reference-data","version":"kb-ed1eded4be684990","links":{"document":"/en/knowledge/kanban","markdown":"/en/knowledge/kanban.md","api":"/api/v1/knowledge/kanban?lang=en"}}