This document discusses the dangers of multitasking and how personal Kanban can help. It describes how multitasking leads to lower productivity and quality of work. Personal Kanban is presented as a tool to visualize and limit work in progress to avoid multitasking and allow people to focus on one task at a time. The document recommends categorizing work, using timeboxing, and continuous improvement to help implement personal Kanban effectively.

1. THE EVILS OF
MULTI-TASKING
And how personal Kanban can help you

2. Multi-tasking Exercise – Part I

3. Time yourself

4. Multi-tasking Exercise – Part II

5. Time yourself

6. Surprised with the Results?

7. Organizational multi-tasking
“… to maximize utilization and
deliver as many projects as
possible, people are on
between 3 to 5 projects at
the same time …”

11. Achievement not activity

12. Only the owner can add tasks

13. Categorize your work

14. Timeboxing

16. Direct People to the Board

18. Collaborate

19. Continuous Improvement

21. Dangers of Personal Kanban

27. Build one yourself

30. Free Online Kanban Boards
•KanbanFlow
•https://kanbanflow.com
•LeanKit (also available on iOS/Android)
•http://leankit.com/