Knowing what to do is one thing. Knowing how to do it, however, can be a completely different game. To help you put your Kanban knowledge into practice, we prepared a short series of Kanban tutorials.
Learn how to get started with your first board and project, scale your efforts across teams and larger initiatives, and correctly analyze your performance to improve it gradually. In the following tutorials, we provide step-by-step instructions for using Kanban to manage portfolios of high-level projects or teams and applying metrics-driven workflow optimization with Businessmap (formerly Kanbanize).
Beginners Tutorial
This Kanban tutorial is designed to help you get started. We'll guide you through six straightforward steps, beginning with setting up your first board. Through practical examples, you'll learn how to customize your workflow, visualize team projects, and break them down into individual tasks effectively. To help you optimize your work processes, we'll also cover WIP limits and work prioritization techniques.
Go to the Kanban Tutorial for Beginners
Advanced Tutorial
If you’re already familiar with Kanban basics and are looking to scale the method across multiple teams and projects, the Advanced Kanban tutorial is perfect for you.
Through practical examples and step-by-step explanations, we’ll guide you through the implementation of Portfolio Kanban. You’ll learn how to connect strategic planning to execution and maintain high-level transparency in your process - all without the need to switch between different systems.
Go to the Advanced Kanban Tutorial
Analytics Tutorial
Collecting and analyzing workflow data is crucial for improving your work processes and advancing your Kanban journey. This tutorial is ideal for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of Kanban metrics and their impact on delivery decisions.
We’ll start with Lead and Cycle time analysis, guiding you through various charts and diagrams from our Analytics module. You'll learn how to interpret these visuals correctly and understand what different scenarios reveal about your workflow. Discover how tools like the Cycle Time Scatterplot, Histogram, Run Chart, and others can help you enhance your processes, bring predictability to project delivery, and unlock your full potential.
Go to the Kanban Analytics Tutorial
One of Kanban's core principles is to "Agree to Pursue Incremental, Evolutionary Change." Whether you’re just starting out or are more advanced, keep seeking opportunities for improvement and optimizing your workflow.
As we say at Businessmap, "There is always a better way!"
