Had been busy exploring good tools available on "Kanban" and yes i ve got a list of around 14 of them. Although most of you are aware what Kanban means lets just revise in two lines......
Kanban, also spelled kamban and literally meaning "signboard" or "billboard", is a concept related to lean and just-in-time (JIT) production. According to Taiichi Ohno, the man credited with developing Just-in-time, kanban is one means through which JIT is achieved. Kanban is not an inventory control system. Rather, it is a scheduling system that tells you what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce.
You can refer to a quick and very interesting listing at http://www.toolsjournal.com/tools-world/item/142-kanban-tools howevere here comes a quick listing of all Kanban tools available today. There are few more coming up and in beta version and hope to get chance to review them in few days.
Top 14 Kanban Tools:
- TargetProcess
- Hansoft
- Kanbanery
- AgileZen
- KanbanTool
- flow
- SmartQ
- LeanKit Kanban
- KanbanPad
- SilverCatalyst
- Simple-Kanban
- TRICHORD
- JAM Circle
- Lino
Please do post your comments on your experiences on above tools if you used them or feel free to let me know on any good missing tools from the list.
Hi Sudheer, how are you?
ReplyDeleteI guess you did a very good list.
I would add just another free kanban tool, that is growing in features very fast, it's the InkPlanner (www.inkplanner.com). It's free, has a very easy to use interface, multi-color notes, story points for the tasks, burndown charts, relation beetwen tasks and projects and other things. I think it's a good idea take a look at this tool too.
Have a nice day!