Glossary term
What is Kanban?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Kanban" means: A way to improve the flow of work by showing every step on a board, limiting work in progress and measuring flow. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include Velocity, WIP limit, Story points and Cycle time.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Kanban?
A way to improve the flow of work by showing every step on a board, limiting work in progress and measuring flow.
Where is Kanban taught?
Kanban is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Kanban?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 6.1: Kanban: Show the Work and Limit What Is in Progress
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 6.2: Hybrid Plans: One Frame, Several Ways of Working
Which terms are related to Kanban?
Next to Kanban in the course glossaries: Velocity, WIP limit, Story points, Cycle time, User story and Product backlog.
VelocityWIP limitStory pointsCycle timeUser storyProduct backlog
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Kanban?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.