Kanban just means "visual card" or "sign", but it's a name for a technique used in lean software practices. (Specifically, the board display in Zen is called a

Kanban just means "visual card" or "sign", but it's a name for a technique used in lean software practices. (Specifically, the board display in Zen is called a "kanban board".) It comes from the JIT inventory system of the Toyota Production System. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development