Kanban (jap. for "card", "board") is a way of organizing production or process flows according to the pull principle (instead of push). Originally originating from production control, Kanban is now also used in the area of support and maintenance as well as in software development, there often as "Scrum-Ban" as a supplement or modification of the Scrum procedure model. Kanban implements with simple means a procedure to minimize the lead time of an element to be produced or of a task to be processed by several people and to avoid warehousing or piling up tasks by identifying and optimally utilizing bottlenecks. In this respect, there are points of contact with ToC (Theory of Constraints) and CCPM (Critical Chain Project Management). [read more] detailed description Source: Alexander Kriegisch, Scrum-Master.de See also: Wikipedia - Kanban comparison Kanban vs. Scrum in the software environment Supplier Kanban Tool provider: Kanban SoftwareKanbantafeln/Heijunka board.