Keith Collyer
Jun 3, 2021

It is pretty much how agile software teams using Kanban work. They generally have Backlog, To Do (or Requested), In Progress, and Done. Backlog (as you know) isn’t really a Kanban term, it’s a collection of all the jobs that are under consideration for the next iteration (your Next Week & After). To Do is the tasks for the current iteration that haven’t been started (your Next Few Days and This Week). In Progress is Today. Done is self-explanatory.

I know in “true” Kanban the work would be pulled from one station to another, what you are proposing is more like Personal Kanban (https://www.personalkanban.com/personal-kanban-101) where the columns represent phases, stages, whatever.

Anyway, if it helps people to manage their use of time, it’s a good thing.

Keith Collyer
Keith Collyer

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