many teams new to Agile rush to adopt an electronic simulation (“virtual task board”) without first getting significant experience with a physical task board, even though virtual boards are much less flexible and poorer in affordances.the simplicity and flexibility of the task board and its elementary materials (sticky notes, sticky dots etc.) allow the team to represent any relevant information: colors can be used to distinguish features from bug fixes, sticky orientation can be used to convey special cases such as blocked tasks, sticky dots can be used to record the number of days a task spends “In Progress”….the task board serves as a focal point for the daily meeting, keeping it focused on progress and obstacles.the task board is an “ information radiator” – it ensures efficient diffusion of informations relevant to the whole team.The board is commonly “reset” at the beginning of each iteration to reflect the iteration plan. The task board is updated frequently, most commonly during the daily meeting, based on the team’s progress since the last update. The number and headings of the columns can vary, further columns are often used for instance to represent an activity, such as “In Test”. Different layouts can be used, for instance by rows instead of columns (although the latter is much more common). Sticky notes or index cards, one for each task the team is working on, are placed in the columns reflecting the current status of the tasks. Using electrical tape or a dry erase pen, the board is divided into three columns labeled “To Do”, “In Progress” and “Done”. In its most basic form, a task board can be drawn on a whiteboard or even a section of wall.
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