My first five years with Kanban - harsh lessons on the quest...
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Built an online kanban board in 2007–2008 to try Kanban; initial Scrum habits create a “plunging” burndown that hides problems until week two. Tight WIP limits with a team of three developers and one tester shifts work to deliver completed features earlier. Introduces cheap hallway testing (quick checks by anyone) that cuts testing churn and drops bugs to about one per three–four features. Uses visible aging—putting dots on cards at daily standups—to expose stalled high‑priority items.
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