Kanban board
A visual board with columns representing workflow stages, used to make work and its status transparent.
What it means
A Kanban board is a visualization tool, not exclusive to the Kanban method; Scrum Teams commonly use one to display the Sprint Backlog and track items from 'to do' through 'in progress' to 'done'.
Columns can represent any stage relevant to the team's workflow, such as design, build, review, and test, and each column can carry its own WIP limit to prevent bottlenecks.
Common mistakes
Digital Kanban boards in tools like Jira or Trello add filtering and automation, but the underlying principle, making work and blockers visible, remains the same as a physical board with sticky notes.
Example
A team's board has five columns: Backlog, In Progress, Review, Testing, Done, with a WIP limit of two on In Progress.