Pocket cards for daily flow management
Recall practical prompts from The Kanban Guide during operational management work.
What is the first flow question in a daily ops review? Which active item is aging beyond expectation? Aging work is where customer risk hides. Which update style helps more? Strong updates expose the next decision. “A WIP limit means you are refusing work.” You say The limit protects committed work from aging. We can pull the next item when capacity opens, or choose what to pause. Do not defend effort; show the flow trade-off. It reframes WIP as reliability. What is a pull signal? A visible sign that capacity exists to start the next item. Pull connects starts to…
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