Visualizing different statuses

When deciding which statuses to show you should go back to the value stream map we talked about in Chapter 2, Days 3-5 – Getting to Know Your System. Do you need to visualize the steps where work is done or the queues between or both?

Visualizing different statuses

A Kanban board with both work steps and queues as statuses

The usual reason for showing a "ready for" column is when considerable time is normally consumed between the steps, that is, when something is developed but the testers aren't ready to take the case yet. If deploying is just about pressing a button or you deploy a lot of work at the same time, even if it takes some hours, there ...

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