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Visualize your workflow
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-- Your work is displayed on a board, you have a clear overview of your project
+- Your work is displayed on a board so that you have a clear overview of your project
- Each column represents a step in your workflow
-Bring focus and avoid multitasking
+Limit your work in progress
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-- Each phase can have a work in progress limits
-- Limits are great to identify bottlenecks
+- Encourages focus by avoiding multitasking
+- Each phase can have work-in-progress limits
+- Limits help identify bottlenecks
- Limits avoid working on too many tasks at the same time
-Measure performance and improvement
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+Performance Measurement
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Kanban uses lead and cycle times to measure performance:
-- **Lead time**: Time between the task is created and completed
-- **Cycle time**: Time between the task is started and completed
+- **Lead time**: Time between task creation and completion
+- **Cycle time**: Time between task start and completion
-For example, you may have a lead time of 100 days and only have to work 1 hour to complete the task.
+For example, you may have a lead time of 100 days but only have to work 1 hour to complete the task.