Day: 1/4
Lives: 3 lives left
Score: 0000
Best: --

Kanban Rush

Tasks pile up at Sprout Studio. Move them through To do, Doing and Done in four busy days, without going over the work-in-progress limit.

Kanban Rush

It's a busy week at a made-up studio. Tasks land in To do: move them to Doing, where the team works on them, then ship them to Done, without going over the work-in-progress (WIP) limit on Doing. Four days, each busier: urgent cards with a deadline on Tuesday, blocked cards from Wednesday, and a short retro after each day.

4 days
WIP limit

How to play

Move the cards. Drag a card to a column, or tap it then tap Place here. Keyboard: Enter on a card, then 1 To do, 2 Doing, 3 Done.
Respect the WIP limit. Doing holds 2 cards (3 from Wednesday). The team's time is shared between them, and juggling costs 10% per extra card.
Ship, rush, unblock. A card is ready (✓) when its work is done: move it to Done. Urgent cards (⏱) have a deadline; blocked cards wait about 6 seconds.
Score. 10 points per card shipped + 5 per size dot, +25 for an urgent card on time. A missed urgent card costs one of 3 lives.

Quick tips

Stop starting, start finishing. Ship a ready card before you pull a new one. A finished card still takes a slot in Doing until it reaches Done.
Fewer cards, faster cards. With one card in Doing, it gets the whole team. Two cards each get less than half, because juggling costs time.
Leave room for urgent work. If Doing is already full, an urgent card waits in line. A free slot lets it start right away.
Move blocked cards aside. A blocked card still takes a WIP slot. Move it back to To do (its progress is kept) and pull something you can finish.
Watch the clock on urgent cards. The ⏱ badge counts down. Small urgent cards first: they ship in a few seconds.