Kanban is a pull-based workflow system developed by Toyota to signal work items. Trac is an issue tracking software that can be configured to function similarly to a Kanban board, allowing visualization of work items moving through different states. Trac includes plugins that enable custom fields, notifications, and metrics calculation like lead time, making it a good fit for implementing a virtual Kanban system to manage work items and limit work-in-progress.

1. Kanban + Trac = Nice Fit Paul Boos – EPA/OPP Boos.paul@epa.gov @paul_boos

3. Focus on Quality; Definition of Done!

4. Theory of Constraints

5. Explicit Policies

6. Limiting Work-in-Progress

7. Classes of Service

8. Predictability via measurement

9. measurement = lead time

10. per class of service

16. So where does Trac fit?

17. Kanban Board ≠ Issue Tracking (or does it?)

18. Simple & easy Lots of plug-ins: visit track-hacks.org - Master Tickets – could be used to show ticket blockages - Custom fields - Typed ticket workflow - Notifications - Keywords - Metrics Plug-Ins (TracMetrix provides CFD for calculating Lead Time) Can be configured so that person moving a ticket to a state takes ownership. Ability to have pre- & post- hooks (e.g. prevent movement if blocked)

21. When moving to the next state, that person moving it takes ownership.

22. 1st Attempt at Virtualizingthe Kanban

24. Work-in-Progress states at top WIP Limit static text, use count of tickets as a comparison Queue states under WIP states

25. 2nd Attempt at Virtualizingthe Kanban (in work)