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Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life. 2011. Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry. Washington: Modus Cooperandi Press. 194 pages.
Lean, which is often associated with just-in-time and Kanban, has significantly changed the way in which operations are managed. Yet, while many managers and academics are aware of lean principles and seek to implement them in practice, few apply lean principles to their personal work and time management. Instead, most people use simple to-do lists to manage their time and their work activities. This often results in high backlogs of work (or work-in-process inventory) and deprives individuals of vital information on task progress and context....