Agile Project Management Kanban Principles and Practices 2

Question 1

A team's board shows the 'Testing' column constantly full while 'Development' overflows behind it. What does this most directly signal?

Accepted Answer

A bottleneck at the Testing stage

Answer

Work piling up before and within a stage is the classic Kanban signal of a bottleneck constraining flow.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of setting a Work In Progress (WIP) limit on a column?

Accepted Answer

To reduce multitasking and expose bottlenecks

Answer

WIP limits curb context-switching and make flow problems visible so they can be addressed.

Question 3

In Kanban, lead time is best defined as the time from when a work item is:

Accepted Answer

Committed/requested to when it is delivered

Answer

Lead time measures the full duration from commitment or request until the item is delivered.

Question 4

A pull system in Kanban means that new work is started when:

Accepted Answer

Downstream capacity becomes available

Answer

In a pull system, items advance only when the next stage has free capacity, preventing overload.

Question 5

Which Kanban practice most directly helps a team make its process policies clear to everyone?

Accepted Answer

Making policies explicit

Answer

Making process policies explicit is the core practice ensuring shared, transparent rules for how work flows.

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