Agile Project Management

Kanban is a visual, flow-based agile method. The kanban board, WIP limits, its 6 practices, kanban vs. scrum, metrics, when to use it, and PMP exam tips.

A kanban board visualizes work as cards moving across your workflow columns. Its elements, columns, examples, how to build and use one, and PMP exam tips.

A cumulative flow diagram shows work items in each state over time. How to read WIP, cycle time, and throughput, an example, CFD vs. burndown, and the PMP exam.

Cycle time measures how long work takes once it starts. The formula, cycle time vs. lead time, takt time, Little's Law, how to reduce it, and PMP exam tips.

Scrumban blends Scrum's structure with Kanban's flow. How it works, scrum vs. kanban vs. scrumban, the scrumban board, when to use it, and the PMP exam.

Lean project management maximizes value and eliminates waste. The 5 lean principles, the 8 wastes, tools, lean vs. agile, and how it shows up on the PMP exam.

Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile framework built on engineering discipline. Its 5 values, 12 practices, pair programming, XP vs. scrum, and PMP exam tips.

DevOps vs. Agile: agile builds the right product fast, DevOps ships it reliably. Their key differences, similarities, how they work together, and PMP exam tips.

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) helps large organizations run agile across many teams. SAFe concepts, LeSS, Scrum of Scrums, SAFe vs. scrum, and exam tips.