Kanban + X: Leveraging Kanban for Focused Improvements
This addresses the need for more tailored project management in software development, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing Kanban methods.
The authors tackled the problem of generalized engineering methodologies overlooking project-specific priorities by creating a framework that leverages Kanban for focused improvements, resulting in a parallel iterative board that tracks progress toward goals like security, sustainability, and high performance.
Agile Development is used for many problems, often with different priorities and challenges. However, generalized engineering methodologies often overlook the particularities of a project. To solve this problem, we have looked at ways engineers have modified development methodologies for a particular focus, and created a generalized framework for leveraging Kanban towards focused improvements. The result is a parallel iterative board that tracks and visualizes progress towards a focus, which we have applied to security, sustainability, and high performance as examples. Through use of this system, software projects can be more focused and directed towards their goals.