If you’ve read my previous two articles, you should have a pretty good understanding of kanban boards and why you should start implementing them into your construction business today. For a quick recap, follow this link for a blog post which provides a high level overview on the kanban methodology, along with this article which provides some sample project management boards that you can get started with today.

As mentioned before, some of the reasons why you may want to adopt this tool into your construction company include:

• Increased visibility of the flow of work
• Improved delivery speed
• Alignment between business departments
• Improved predictability
• Improved quality
• Increased customer satisfaction
• Improved risk management

I know trying to learn the kanban methodology could be hard at first, but knowing how it works is half the battle. Kanban is actually really easy to adopt since you just have to start with what you currently have. The board view will help you visualize your work, and you’ll be able to add layers of rules and visualizations as you get more comfortable.

Through proper implementation, this methodology will lead you on an evolutionary path towards becoming super agile without disrupting any of your current processes. That sounds like a pretty good deal if you ask me!

With that in mind, hopefully I’ve convinced you enough to at least spark your interest to start exploring the ways you can implement this in your business today. Once you’ve gone ahead and set up a board (either physically or digitally), the rest of this article is to explore some advanced tips and tricks you can use in your boards to help you further refine the processes and progress on your journey for continuous improvement.

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