Kanban it isn't but tis close enough

I arrived at work today after having one of the rougher days in recent memory.   There is a white-board in our lab, that one of my team members has taken to updating regularly.    I had not asked this to be done, so I stopped to digest what was represented.   The thought in blog title, came to mind, "Kanban it isn't but tis close enough".    If you are not familiar with Kanban, here is a general Wikipedia definition.  

 "A visual process management system that tells what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce."

It was most certainly:

• visual
• what we are attempting to product
• when it will/might be produced
• whether it could be produced today

I hope others on my team found this as compelling as I did.   Realizing as I do many days, but still need to be reminded of, I have a great group.   My day suddenly brightened.