Agile Academy Kanban

http://www.agileacademy.com.au/agile/sites/default/files/Kanban.pdf

• Not timeboxed
• Focussed on the flow of work, removing sources of variability  
• Work is pulled from the back of the flow (rather than pushed from the front)
• WIP == limits how much work can be in any one flow state at a point in time.
• Encourages"swarming‟ around roadblocks to ensure removed ASAP
• "Lead time‟ == Measurement of flow (instead of Velocity )
• Cumulative Flow Diagrams and Variability Diagrams track progress (rather than Burn Up or Down charts)  
• Work broken down to roughly similar size.  
• Tracks flow of stories and associated "epic" ("minimum marketable feature") 
• Embedded process for handling:
• expedited items 
• fixed delivery dates
• work type splitting (e.g. enhancements, production defects, and text changes) 
• Slack deliberately encouraged to allow for CI to process to be identified/actioned 
• Prioritisation of backlog performed just in time