I met Jim Benson about a year or so ago. He was in Washington DC and I met him for lunch down in Chinatown. Jim’s a pretty smart cookie. I like what he does. I sometimes wish I could do what he does but it requires a little more of a balanced mind than I possess. In the Star Wars universe, Jim would be a Kanban Jedi and I would be a mere Padawan.
I used kanban and limited my work-in-progress (WIP) at a previous job but don’t have the buyin from my current client to implement the practice here. I still have a Kanban board hanging on my wall but it’s there for me to manage my own work.
Today I read an article on the Personal Kanban website titled “Would You, Could You on a Plane?” It was about a quick offline kanban for in-flight work. It was informative, as always. But, the mere title inspired me to write a bit of a ridiculous comment. Perhaps I read too much Dr. Seuss during my off-time.
Say!
I like Kanban!
I do! I like it, Sam-I-am!
And I would limit WIP in a boat.
And I would limit WIP with a goat.
And I will limit WIP in the rain.
And in the dark. And on a train.
And in a car. And in a tree.
Limiting WIP is so good so good you see!So I will limit WIP in a box.
And I will limit WIP with a fox.
And I will limit WIP in a house.
And I will limit WIP with a mouse.
And I will limit WIP here and there.
Say! I will limit WIP ANYWHERE!I do so like
Limiting WIP and Kanban!
Thank you!
Thank you,
Sam-I-am
Strange how a simple title can get me started. Thank you Jim for doing what you do, even if that means reading ridiculousness comments that I write.
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