Agile Project Management Kanban Method and Practices 4

Question 1

What is a 'swimlane' on a Kanban board?

Accepted Answer

A horizontal row used to categorize or separate types of work

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A vertical column representing a workflow stage

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A WIP limit indicator

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A type of metric chart

Question 2

What is an 'expedite' class of service in Kanban?

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A fast-track lane for urgent items that bypass normal WIP rules

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A column for completed work

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A backlog of low-priority tasks

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A daily standup format

Question 3

According to Little's Law, how can a team reduce average cycle time?

Accepted Answer

Reduce the amount of work in progress

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Increase the work in progress

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Add more columns to the board

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Lengthen the working day

Question 4

What does 'throughput' measure in a Kanban system?

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The number of items completed per unit of time

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The total time an item waits in a queue

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The number of team members available

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The count of blocked items

Question 5

Why might a team add an explicit 'Done' sub-column under an in-progress stage?

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To signal an item is ready to be pulled to the next stage

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To hide finished work from stakeholders

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To increase the WIP limit automatically

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To assign blame for delays

Question 6

A blocked item should be handled in Kanban by:

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Marking it visibly as blocked and resolving the impediment quickly

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Quietly moving it back to the backlog

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Ignoring it until it unblocks itself

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Deleting it from the board

Question 7

What is the benefit of limiting the number of board columns to the real workflow?

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It keeps the board an accurate, honest reflection of how work flows

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It guarantees faster delivery automatically

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It removes the need for WIP limits

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It eliminates the need for any meetings