Kanbanchi - a kanban board for google drive

1. Kanban — a method of a
flexible task management
and its realizations
Konstantin Baev, Magic Web Solutions http://www.magicwebsolutions.co.uk/

2. History
看板 (kamban) – literally means “visual card,”
“signboard,” or “billboard.”
Implemented in 1953 at Toyota
Purpose: Logistic control system
Key components: Kanban cards
Types: Production (P) Kanban, Transportation (T) Kanban
Toyota Production System (TPS)

3. Lean manufacturing or lean production
Goal: elimination of waste
Seven types of waste:
● Transport
● Inventory
● Motion
● Waiting
● Overproduction
● Over Processing
● Defects

4. Kanban as a software development process
Just-in-time delivery
Based on four basic principles:
● Start with existing process
● Agree to pursue incremental, evolutionary change
● Respect the current process, roles, responsibilities
and titles
● Leadership at all levels

5. Kanban board
Application
for software
development team
for marketing teams
for HR teams
for a personal task
management

6. ● Visualize your workflow - make sure that everyone on
your team sees your Kanban board at least once a day.
● Limit WIP - limiting the amount of work in progress
reduces the levels of context switching and makes you
faster.
● Measure flow - unless you measure it you cannot improve
it. With Kanban you should always measure and optimize.
The 3 rules of Kanban board

7. Get more information about Kanban
Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business by David J. Anderson and
Donald G. Reinertsen (Apr 7, 2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Kanban-David-J-Anderson-ebook/dp/B0057H2M70/
Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry
(Feb 2, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Kanban-Mapping-Work-Navigating/dp/1453802266/
David J. Anderson
http://djaa.com/
https://twitter.com/djaa_dja
Jim Benson
http://www.personalkanban.com/
https://twitter.com/ourfounder

8. Comparison and Review of
Software
supporting Kanban methodology

9. Kanban Flow Kanban tool
Trello Kanbanchi

10. features Kanbanchi Trello Kanban Flow Kanban Tool
card menu right panel expanded at the screen
popup menu, which you can
move around and expand
popup menu, which you can
move around
board menu right panel right panel outside the board (administration) settings outside the board
permissions yes yes premium/pro
assign collaborators yes yes premium/pro yes
checklist yes yes yes yes
attachments yes yes premium/pro yes
due dates yes yes yes yes
filter and search yes yes premium/pro yes
tags/lables color tags yes yes yes
copy cards & boards yes yes premium/pro yes
move tasks between boards yes, by drag'n'drop yes, in card menu yes, in card menu yes, in card menu
export/import export in csv export in various formats premium/pro yes
revision history/activity yes yes premium/pro yes
archive not yet yes no yes
board design premium/pro premium/pro no no
swimlanes no no premium/pro yes
diagrams, analysing, reports no no premium/pro yes
timetracking no no yes, pomodoro & time spent yes
premium/pro
can be used free almost without
restrictions
can be used free almost without
restrictions can be used free free for 15 days

11. Kanban Flow

12. Kanban Tool

13. Trello

14. Kanbanchi

15. The SOS productivity tool Matrix
S - Simplicity
lessens the learning curve and lowers barrier to entry (you needn't learn a lot and spend a lot of time in order just to get started. Comfortable
and familiar. Simpler - more easy to adopt, more compelled to use it)
O - Obviousness
lessens the choices needed to move forward (you know where you need to go to deal with your tasks. Indicate how well it does work for
particular things)
S - Scalability
lessens the possibility of change as growth occurs (Scale the things out with the tool. Thats why we need team and individual stuff)
from webinar “Choosing Your Perfect Task
Manager” by Steve Dotto & Mike Vardy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6vSbusV12A

16. Trello
Strengths
1. Endless "boards"
2. Stunningly visual
3. Scales very well
SOS Score
Simplicity - 70
Obviousness - 70
Scalability - 80
Kanban Tool
Strengths
1. Clean interface
2. Сustomizable
boards/cards
3. Power-ups
SOS Score
Simplicity - 80
Obviousness - 70
Scalability - 90
Kanban Flow
Strengths
1. Simple & easy interface
2. Pomodoro timer
3. Great list of premium
settings
SOS Score
Simplicity - 80
Obviousness - 70
Scalability - 80
Kanbanchi
Strengths
1. Light and flexible
2. Google Drive features
3. Great for personal/teams
SOS Score
Simplicity - 90
Obviousness - 80
Scalability - 80

17. Kanbanchi
a kanban board for google drive

18. Introduction
Kanbanchi is a dashboard (kanban board) tool
built specifically for Google Drive.
Google Drive focus helps users to manage boards,
file attachments and access using familiar Google
interfaces.

19. - Simple intuitive interface
- Easy to add collaborators
- Drag & drop attachments on to cards
- Graphical attachments with previews
- Ability to add checklists, due dates etc.
- Google Calendar integration
- Beta: Card filters, CSV export, Notifications
Kanbanchi offers:

20. Other tools
There are lots of tools which are similar to Kanbanchi. We can
approximately divide them in following categories:
Kanban/dashboard Tools: Trello, Kanban Flow, Kanban Tool, Kanbanize
Task lists: Google Keep, Wunderlist, Todoist, Any.do
Collaboration tools: Basecamp, Asana, Smartsheets
Software dev tools: LeanKit, Jira

21. At first glance Kanbanchi is similar to Trello and other dashboard/kanban tools in functionality. And all
these tools have integration with Google Drive. But actually this means that users can only attach
files from their Drive.
Kanbanchi significant advantage is that users can manage and share boards
the same way they manage other Google Drive files.
Super user-friendly. I chose it over Trello because it functions with Google drive, etc.
Catherine Kirchner
This is a great app that is simple and easy to use. It has most of the features I would want in a Kanban tool and
integrates nicely with Google Drive. It's very easy to collaborate with others as well.
Jeff Petach
What is the difference?

22. User feedback

23. November, 2013 April, 2015
1st release VS last release

24. Reviews
Simply designed and easy to use. Just enough features to enhance your workflow management without
being overwhelming.
Luke Olsen
Really like this, very simple and easy to use no matter how many projects/ steps within the project. Being
able to add attachments and pin them to the top of a card is brilliant.
Kayleigh Herberts
Simple - yet functional beyond just sticky notes and not overly complicated like other tools.
Michael Perry
Very useful and flexible. I've been using it in creative team management for different tasks solutions and it
really keeps Kanban process in the right shape.
Teodor Show
Free and better than most kanban software in the market. It actually as good as Trello I have to say.
Charles CC. Mon

25. Videos
English: https://youtu.be/JyJS5QWtvm8
Russian: https://youtu.be/NB_72iJhens
Serbian: https://youtu.be/_NZpHB9zmAk
Croatian: https://youtu.be/UwtH6m1cE04
Hungarian: https://youtu.be/6H6I6sLh1WU

26. Contacts
Site http://www.kanbanchi.com/
Contacts http://www.kanbanchi.com/contacts/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Kanbanchi
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kanbanchiapp/
G+ https://plus.google.com/+KanbanchiBoard/posts
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/kanbanchi
Company: Magic Web Solutions http://www.magicwebsolutions.co.uk/
Konstantin Baev: http://kbaev.ru/