Kanban board example: operations and maintenance team

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Example of a kanban board configured for an operations and maintenance team that simultaneously handles three types of work: scheduled tasks, unplanned urgent incidents, and tasks to be done if time is available. This is a common case in technical support or systems maintenance teams.

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• Weekly backlog: status of the tasks scheduled for the week and the person working on each one.
• URG: status of unplanned incidents and the person assigned to each one.
• ASAP (As Soon As Possible): tasks to be done if there is time left over in the week.

Resources

🔧 Kanban Flow SimulatorTool · Scrum Manager

See also

Kanban boards: concepts Kanban boards: way of working Kanban: origin and definition Work In Process Kanban board example: "Kanban Box" for a multi-project office Kanban board example: evolutionary development with iterative increment Kanban board example: evolutionary development with continuous increment Kanban board example: information on the product's development status

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