Kanban

Juggling 3 projects (within my hobby) is a bit confusing. So I set up a Trello board to help me keep track of things I need to do. Trello is a webapp that simulates a Kanban board. Kanban boards are a project managment tool that was invented in the Japanese auto industry (or they were at least popularized there). Before I get into a description of Kanban boards, here is my Game To Do board on Trello.

The concept is simple: Divide your board up into columns, with each column representing a stage for your tasks. Then each row of the board is for a single task. For example you could have:

To Do	Started	Finished
Trash
Dishes
Laundry
Floors

Then make a card for each job. As the job goes through its process, you move it across the board.

To Do	Started	Finished
Trash
		Dishes
	Laundry
		Floors

Now we can easily see that Dishes and Floors are finished. The Laundry has been started, and nobody has touched the trash yet.

So all of that was a long explanation of what my Game To Do board is.