#49 - Visualizing Your Value Stream With Kanban - Dimitar Karaivanov

“Kanban is a flow strategy that helps you to optimize the flow of value through your value streams from ideation to customer." Dimitar Karaivanov is a Lean-thinker, a Kanban practitioner, and the CEO and co-founder of Kanbanize. In this episode, Dimitar shared his story on how he got fascinated by the simplicity and the effectiveness of Kanban, which then led him to start Kanbanize. He shared in-depth the concept of Kanban and why Kanban becomes one of the most popular Lean practices. Dimitar then shared about the principles, practices, and anti-patterns behind Kanban, as well as tips on how companies can improve their Kanban practices, including dealing with external dependencies. Listen out for: Career Journey - [00:05:06] Kanbanize Story - [00:07:05] Kanban - [00:10:25] Why Kanban Becomes Popular - [00:12:24] Kanban Principles - [00:14:53] Visualize the Workflow - [00:20:23] Limit Work in Progress - [00:23:11] Manage Flow - [00:28:26] Make Proces Policies Explicit - [00:30:49] Feedba