Kanban and "the art & science of visualization"

 A wise man once said-
 Agile is more than just standing up and burning down!

 Talking of KANBAN, one of the key principles is – Visualize the flow of work


In other words,  "manage work instead of people".

It says "people tend to manage people because it's visible. If the work cannot be seen, the human nature tends to measure what can be seen, but that doesn't make it the right thing to measure"

 




   Best,
   Jasdev Singh (Scrum Servant)



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