Key Improvements

Ease of Use Across Teams & Industries: It is easy to use and work across all teams and industries. By comparison Scrum is mostly suitable for software, while regular Kanban lacks controls.

Learn Kanban-C in 1 hour: Non-tech users can be trained on Kanban-C in 1 hour and it does not require experienced practitioners. Scrum, on the other hand only works well when experienced users are in the team.

AdaptivePPPM2.0 Splits Tasks into 4 Levels: Grandparent (planning stage), parent, child and grandchild. Teams mostly work at the child and grandchild stages.

Project Initiation: Once a project is approved, during project initiation the Project/Product Manager spells out parent tasks, assigning each to a team member. Either the PM or team write out child and optionally grandchild tasks. This allows the Project/Product Manager to maintain big picture overviews while the team focus on the details. Reporting occurs at all 4 levels.

Responsibility is Re-Introduced: Each task has an owner. Even if multiple people are involved in a task, one person is assigned responsibility.

Includes Start and End Dates: Teams still discuss the backlog and decide which items to pull onto the board, based on prioritizations, as well as start-end dates. It includes estimated hours as well as percentage complete. Including dates and audit trails now makes it possible to track how long an item has been on the board and whether the task is on track.

The Board Splits into 4 Groups: Prep, Working, Review and Final Stages. During Prep teams share ideas, discuss the backlog and decide which items to pull on the board subject to max WIP. Teams largely work in Prep and Working groups. The same team, or a different team might be assigned to Review (peer review, client review) or Final Stages (integration/release).

Task Progression: Only the Project or Product Manager signs off and moves items between Working, Review and Final Stages. This introduces controls.

49 Status Options: It includes 49 status options across groups e.g. stuck, waiting, ahead, external regulatory review.

Cards Without Clutter: Cards provide clarity and responsiveness. Teams view key information instantly: More than traditional Kanban, without clutter as users select 5 columns for status options. If a team member is working on Review, only Review status options are displayed.

Iterations: Work through all stages of tasks and subject to client or stakeholder feedback, request changes and move the task back to the backlog. For urgent matters, pause existing tasks and take on priority tasks. Each group has an independent max WIP.

Manual Timeline: If a team member is stuck or waiting they enter estimated percent complete to the manual timeline and can pull more items onto the board, up until max WIP.

Traceability and Audit Trails: In addition to full audit trails, when a team member, who is not PM or task owner, updates the manual timeline, the person's initial is displayed. This can serve as a flag to spot disgruntled or unethical staff.

Material & Equipment Availability: When materials are required M (green/red) indicates "in stock"/shortage and links to stock requisition. When equipment is required E (green/red) denotes available/unavailable.