Scrumban

Scrumban is an Agile aligned approach to product delivery which is a hybrid of Scrum and Kanban.

Scrumban was developed as an attempt to make it easier for existing Scrum teams to begin exploring Lean and Kanban concepts.

In the case of decentralized teams, visual management software such as Assembla, Targetprocess, Eylean Board, JIRA, Mingle or Agilo for Trac are often used.

[4] Velocity (a measure of productivity) is often used by the team to assess issues and trends in its throughput, in order to support continuous improvement.

It depends on a team's velocity (how quickly can the remaining tasks be finished) and on the time required to plan the next iteration.

It is based on the system of three buckets that the work items need to go through before making it on the Scrumban board.

The 1-year bucket is dedicated for long-term goals that the company has, like penetrating a new market, releasing a new product, etc.

When a company is ready to start implementing the plan, the requirements are moved into the 3-month bucket and divided into clear tasks to be completed by the project team.

The task board columns are adapted and expanded based on the team's work progress.

This guarantees a smooth process flow, where all the team members are equally busy at all times.

Electronic boards often also provide automatic reports, the possibility of attachments and discussions on tasks, time tracking, as well as integrations with other commonly used project management software.