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I'm surprised Kanban is only mentioned cursorily. Limiting work in progress is one of, if not the, point of Kanban.

I think term "Kanban" is misused so often, that nobody understands what is really means.

Totally agree with your point, especially funny how author rediscovers that "Limiting work-in-progress is the tool every manager and leader needs to have in their tool belt. This is the one super power that over time will allow moving faster to the desired goal".

Why do literature review.

Guilty. I had no idea Kanban was about this. At my place it's a virtual board and you pick things off the top right (highest priority work needing review) and move left (bottom left is lowest priority work not yet started).

I find the SAFe framework describes the brilliance of Kanban nicely [1]. I’m surprised there isn’t some discussion on queuing theory such as Little’s Law [2] either, as I feel it is also relevant.

[1] Principle #6 – Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths - https://www.scaledagileframework.com/visualize-and-limit-wip...

[2] Little’s Law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law

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