Make Manuscript Flow Visible
Use a Kanban board to diagnose where publishing work is stuck.
The problem is not that the team lacks updates; it is that the work has nowhere truthful to show itself. Visualize the real workflow Kanban begins by showing the actual path work travels. In publishing, that path is rarely just 'to do, doing, done.' A title may be waiting on author revisions, copyedit, art direction, proof approval, metadata, printer files, or launch assets. If the board hides those states, the manager cannot see the constraint. Limit work in progress A WIP limit turns the board into a management tool. When copyedit has nine manuscripts and the agreed limit is five,…
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