{"id":118052,"date":"2023-11-24T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=118052"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T19:34:38","slug":"how-to-create-a-kanban-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-kanban-board\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Kanban Board: 6 Steps to an Organized Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you know how to create a kanban board? How do you know what tasks are the most important to work on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Personal Kanban<\/em>, Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria teach you the basics of personal kanban so you can create one yourself. They lay out the steps to get started on your personal organization journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn how to develop your own kanban board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-1-choose-your-medium\"><strong>Step 1: Choose Your Medium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors&#8217; advice for how to create a kanban board starts with the medium you work with. They say you can use any medium you\u2019re comfortable with, like a notebook, computer, or the authors\u2019 favorite: a whiteboard and sticky notes. <strong>Whatever you choose to work with, make sure it\u2019s not permanent<\/strong>. The more you use personal kanban, the more you\u2019ll understand how you work and how you can tweak your kanban to make it fit your work. The medium you use should allow you to make those tweaks without too much hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-2-set-up-your-ideal-value-stream\"><strong>Step 2: Set Up Your Ideal Value Stream<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your value stream refers to the stages your tasks usually go through as they progress from idea to accomplishment<\/strong>. The most basic version of this is <em>Ready, Doing, Done. <\/em>If your tasks require other steps, or if you want to get more specific, you can add more stages to your value stream. Once you know what your ideal value stream looks like, draw one column for each stage and label them. It should look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Ready<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Doing<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Done<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-3-get-your-tasks-out-of-your-head\"><strong>Step 3: Get Your Tasks Out of Your Head<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s time to populate your kanban with all the tasks you need to complete. This can feel overwhelming but <strong>getting every task out of your head and onto your kanban is the first step to getting organized<\/strong>. It means you no longer need to hold all that information in your mind, and you can start to prioritize, strategize, and get your tasks all the way to \u201cdone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Write down every task you can think of so they stop being background noise in your mind and start being actionable items. Benson and DeMaria recommend listing all your to-dos, whether they\u2019re work or personal tasks. If you\u2019re using sticky notes, make sure to only write one task on each note so you can easily visualize how many tasks you have to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-4-decide-how-much-you-can-work-on-at-a-time\"><strong>Step 4: Decide How Much You Can Work on at a Time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know exactly how much you need to do, you might be tempted to put everything in your \u201cReady\u201d column and get to work. However, the authors warn that there\u2019s a limit to how much work you can handle at a given time. If you overload yourself, you\u2019ll create stress and become less efficient. Instead, <strong>limit the number of tasks you\u2019re tackling at a given time and leave the other tasks in a backlog<\/strong>. This can be the edge of your whiteboard, for example, or you can add a column before \u201cReady\u201d to house all the tasks you intend to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won\u2019t know yet how much you can handle per day or week, so for now, just pick a number that feels realistic. As you use your personal kanban, you\u2019ll start to notice how many tasks you can work on without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/getting-overwhelmed\/\">getting overwhelmed<\/a>, and you can adjust your limits accordingly. Also, the authors remind you that you\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-more-productive\/\">be more productive<\/a> on some days than others and that some types of tasks are completed more easily than others. So you shouldn\u2019t expect the number of tasks you\u2019re able to tackle to remain static.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to leave some wiggle room for yourself between tasks. Keep in mind that setting a limit isn\u2019t as simple as quantifying how much time you have. Having three hours available doesn\u2019t mean you can complete three tasks that each last approximately one hour. They will technically fit into your schedule, but that won\u2019t leave any time to rest, switch between tasks, or tie up loose ends if a task takes longer than anticipated. Instead, consider how many tasks you can complete without overwhelming or overextending yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-step-5-choose-your-first-tasks\"><strong>Step 5: Choose Your First Tasks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve set your task limit, choose the tasks you\u2019ll work on and place them in the \u201cDoing\u201d column. These are the tasks you\u2019ll work on today or this week. As you choose your tasks, take advantage of the freedom personal kanban gives you. Contrary to other situations where a task will be assigned to you by someone else, <strong>your personal kanban is a space where you can decide what to work on according to your priorities<\/strong> and what you feel comfortable tackling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benson and DeMaria have some suggestions on how to prioritize your tasks effectively. As with everything else in personal kanban, choose the approach that makes the most sense to you in your current situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-urgency-and-importance\">Urgency and Importance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors derive inspiration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/covey-time-management-matrix-7-habits\/\">time management matrix<\/a> Stephen Covey presents in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People<\/em><\/a>. Covey\u2019s matrix helps you differentiate between urgent and important tasks. Benson and DeMaria take Covey\u2019s categories and make them more flexible to fit personal kanban:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><em>High importance<\/em><em>Low urgency<\/em><br><strong>Continuous improvement tasks<\/strong><\/td><td><em>High importance<\/em><em>High urgency<\/em><br><strong>Urgencies<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Low importance<\/em><em>Low urgency<\/em><br><strong>Rest and leisure<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Low importance<\/em><em>High urgency<\/em><br><strong>Connection with others<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the authors, <strong>you should prioritize continuous improvement tasks<\/strong>. These tasks include learning and making projects more efficient. They\u2019re not urgent, but they can help you avoid future emergencies. Urgencies, on the other hand, should be few and far between. Don\u2019t get into the habit of putting tasks off until they become urgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest and leisure include the tasks you want to do. They might not directly contribute to your goals but they give your mind the rest and stimulation it needs to tackle the other quadrants. Finally, connection tasks include, for example, favors people ask of you and social gatherings that you feel obligated to attend. They\u2019re urgent in the sense that they\u2019re happening now, but they won\u2019t necessarily move the needle for your current priorities. However, that event you attend tonight might help you strengthen connections that help you in a future project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-presorting-by-priority-or-task-type\">Presorting by Priority or Task Type<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors suggest that <strong>you can also sort tasks by priority before choosing what to work on<\/strong>. To do so, you can add a series of columns between \u201cReady\u201d and \u201cDoing,\u201d each labeled Priority 1, Priority 2, and so forth. Each priority column should have a limit to how many tasks it can hold, with fewer tasks allowed at higher priority levels. Then, as you pull tasks from Ready to Doing, they get filtered to those priority columns. By presorting the tasks, you make it easy to see which ones you&#8217;ve deemed most important. 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