【原】【精益生產(chǎn)英文】KANBAN（看板），到底是什么？

亮元職場英文 2022-01-18

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看板概述

Kanban method has been gaining popularity in corporations and businesses around the world as a way to easily manage work. Derived from Japanese, Kanban means a visual sign used to trigger an action. In terms of project management - a Kanban board is a visual representation of your workflow. Kanban cards - your tasks - will move through various stages of the process, right towards completion.

看板，作為一種易于管理工作的方法，在世界各地企業(yè)中越來越受歡迎?？窗?，起源于日本，意即：用以開啟動作的視覺符號。在項目管理方面，看板，是工作流程的目視化的表示。看板卡片，將貫穿工作流程的各個階段中即將完成的任務(wù)。

看板是如何運作的？

Visualize what you do: your workflow:

讓工作流程可視化：

A visualization of all tasks on a board will help the team to stay on track of their jobs

看板上的所有任務(wù)的目視化，將讓團(tuán)隊工作處于正軌。

Limit WIP:

限制在制品：

Balance the workflow by limiting work in progress to prevent over-commitment. Try to set achievable goals.

通過限制在制品的方式，對工作流程進(jìn)行平衡，以防止“過度使用”，要嘗試去設(shè)立可達(dá)成的目標(biāo)。

Track your time:

跟蹤時間：

Measure the working time seamlessly to accurately evaluate your team abilities.

對工作時間連續(xù)測量，以準(zhǔn)確評估團(tuán)隊的能力。

Read visual indicators for instant updates:

解答持續(xù)更新的目視化的指標(biāo)：

Find out what's going on at one glance. Card colors, priorities, tags, deadlines and much more.

一眼就能知曉發(fā)生了什么事?？窗蹇ㄆ念伾?yōu)先級、標(biāo)簽、最后期限，等等。

Evaluate performance:

評估業(yè)績：

Use Lead & Cycle Time, Cumulative Flow and Time Report. With them you can spot bottlenecks, eliminate waste and adjust the workflow accordingly.

使用前置時間和循環(huán)時間、累積流量和時間報告，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)現(xiàn)場瓶頸，消除浪費，并對工作流程進(jìn)行相應(yīng)地調(diào)整。

Even a basic Kanban will yield an increase in performance. Task distribution, monitoring the workflow and making adjustments along the way will improve your process efficiency. One software development team hired by BBC Worldwide London has seen tremendous improvement over a course of 12 months after implementing Kanban. Their delivery time shortened by 37% and the consistency of delivery improved by 47%. And this isn't an isolated case!

哪怕是基本的看板，也會明顯地提升業(yè)績。任務(wù)分配、工作流程監(jiān)控，以及在過程中進(jìn)行調(diào)整，將會提高流程的效率。BBC（英國廣播公司）的一個軟件開發(fā)團(tuán)隊在實施看板后的一年內(nèi)取得了巨大的進(jìn)步，交貨時間縮短了37%，交付提升了47%。當(dāng)然，這不是個案！

看板的主要好處

Performance boost: Insightful analytics allow you to measure performance, informing you of improvement opportunities.
業(yè)績得以提升：富有洞察力的分析，能讓你對業(yè)績進(jìn)行衡量，并讓你知曉改進(jìn)的機會。
Kanban is very flexible - it makes it easy to polish the process in order to achieve best results.
看板，非常靈活，使得為了達(dá)成最好的結(jié)果，去改善流程變得很簡單。

Easy organization and collaboration: Kanban executes the power of a visual approach: by use of columns, swimlanes and colored cards. You're able to work on a shared board with your team and collaborate in real time. Digital Kanban will give you access to the workflow from any place, any time. You'll be able to easily share tasks and conveniently communicate them to your colleagues.
組織和協(xié)作變得簡單：通過使用縱行、責(zé)任區(qū)線與彩色卡片，看板執(zhí)行的是可視化的方法。你可以在團(tuán)隊中分享一個共享板，并實時進(jìn)行協(xié)作。數(shù)字化看板，能讓你隨時隨地接觸工作流程。你可以輕松自如地分享任務(wù)，并很方便地與同事進(jìn)行交流。

Work distribution: Get a clear overview of ongoing work and spend less time distributing and submitting tasks. Estimates are imperfect, while a constant flow of tasks reduces time spent waiting for and assigning work. Team members pull their tasks from the backlog, rather than wait until items are pushed onto them. Time savings all round!
工作分配：清楚地了解正在進(jìn)行的工作，減少在工作分配和提交任務(wù)上的時間。預(yù)測是不完美的，而持續(xù)的任務(wù)流則減少了等待及工作分配上的時間。團(tuán)隊成員將把未完成的任務(wù)提出來，而不是等到這些任務(wù)被布置給他們?？傊?，看板在各個方面都節(jié)省了時間！