Kanban is an emerging second generation agile method inspired by five decades of process excellence in the Japanese auto manufacturing industry, also known as lean thinking. Kanban uses visual management techniques that involve stakeholders and facilitates understanding of how the work works. It helps teams adjust demand to capacity, reduce lead times, and create a driver for continuous improvement. "Kanban in Action" is a down-to-earth, no-frills, get-to-know-the-ropes introduction to kanban. It's based on the real-world experience and observations from two kanban coaches who have introduced this process to dozens of teams. This book covers basic but powerful techniques on how to visualize and track work, construct a kanban board, and how to visualize queues and bottlenecks, and more. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

Joakim Sunden是一位思想傢，他對關於精益、敏捷和豐田生産係統各個方麵都有深厚的理論，而且他對於遵循理論去實踐同樣有很多經驗。他在歐洲成立的看闆用戶組擔任敏捷教練。 Marcus Hammarberg是從開發者的角度認識精益和看闆社區的。他是看闆教練，也是具有在BDD、TDD、實例化需求、Scrum和XP經驗的軟件開發者。