What is Kanban?

Kanban is a visual project management system. Its roots are coming from Toyota work management system based in using visual cards. Today Kanban is used as one of the Agile methods in project management. You manage tasks workflow using cards placed over table columns, from Backlog column towards Done column. One of the rules it so limits work in progress (limit the number of task cards you are working on). The Kanban method is used in various business sectors, software app development, general product development or graphic design services.

How is the Kanban board used?

The natural form of Kanban is having a physical board with paper post-its. This is the easiest and most effective if you can meet with your team in one place.

However, if you need to document, reproduce or share your Kanban tasks, you can use one of the software applications that are on the market (Leankit, Kanbanize, or you can also use general task management apps like Trello, to name a few).

Another way to keep Kanban on a computer is to use common Office applications, like PowerPoint or Excel to note down or present Kanban board.

That's why we designed an editable graphics template with Kanban cards and tables you can use to manage your project with this Agile methodology.

How to use the PowerPoint Kanban board graphics?

It’s simple. Create a whiteboard representation of your Kanban tables and task distribution, add animation to show tasks dynamics.

You can make elegant printable Kanban boards - save your PowerPoint Kanban into PDF and share or print it in large format.

Kanban board application examples

For Software development - the most typical use of Kanban boards in the IT sector
As Agile Project Management method for practically any product development.
As graphic design projects management
As Personal Task Management - Kanban can be used not only for professional activities but also private planning. There are Kanban apps also for kids, thanks to the visual form its good form attractive to youngsters.

Whatever your use of Kanban us, it’s easy and eye-catching system to use.

Content description

The Outline Kanban Boards Diagram include ready-to-use slides:

Eight-columns Kanban board with task cards in two versions: on light and dark background.
Kanban board with story swimlanes with eight sections: backlog, to do, development ongoing, development done, testing ongoing, testing done, deployment, done.
Six-columns Kanban board (outline blank template on whiteboard and blackboard).
Kanban four-columns chart (light and black background templates presented with sticky notes).
Whiteboard and blackboard three columns Kanban templates (for showing project management tasks prepared a few zones: to do, ongoing, done).
Kanban card template and work items description ( with a place for unique ID according on team agreement, activity name, a rough estimate of time needed to finish time in hours, the person assigned, sticker to show a blocker).

Fully editable in PowerPoint set of vector shapes fully editable by using built-in PowerPoint tools, including

changing color of the icon filling and its outline.
adding shadows.
changing shape and size, rotating, flipping the object.
putting shapes behind or on top of text.

Authors

Content advisor: Pawel Brodzinski
Design by infoDiagram's designer Izabela. Contact: here

Further resources on Kanban methodology

For more, check Wikipedia definition or Limited WIP Society community. For the experience of using Kanban in software development, we recommend Kanban Story - series of blogs about implementation of Kanban in a team. Another blog to check is EveryDayKanban - discussing Kanban, Lean, Management and Teams topics.

Outline Icons for Kanban: Sticky Note, Blocker, Star, Pin, Question from deck Outline Kanban Boards Template for Project Management (PPT icons & tables)

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Outline Icons for Kanban: Sticky Note, Blocker, Star, Pin, Question
from deck Outline Kanban Boards Template for Project Management (PPT icons & tables)