2015-06-09

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Overview Presentation

Kanbanize is an web-based Kanban software for teams. It is a visual project management software that applies Lean and Kanban principles to boost productivity. Users can easily manage and track not only their tasks and projects but their workflow as well. With the use of boards and cards, the project team can easily collaborate, have complete control of the number of work in progress and get work done. Real-time updates and visual feedback also makes it easy for the team to measure and analyze where bottlenecks are and how to improve the system.

Features, Benefits, Product Strengths

Flexible Core Features – Kanbanize visual project management software allows for unlimited number of Kanban boards. Users can add columns and sub-columns, as well as horizontal swim lanes to address priority, classes of work, and customers, among others. Users can define custom roles and assign them to users per board. They can define how they see tasks, how boards look like, how users receive notifications as well as default settings. It is also easy to copy, move, or delete boards from a project and set WIP limits per column, sub-column or cell.

Powerful Advanced Features – This web-based Kanban software has the capability to add links between tasks for easier visualization of hierarchies. Users can define rules or Runtime Policies to automate workflow. It also has reporting features that can show how much time each person has worked on a task, or on a given day, or on specific periods of time. It integrates with email so users can create tasks with their favorite email client. It has provisions for custom task fields, subscription-based notification, and configurable user-based WIP limits.

Customizable Kanban Cards, Powerful Analytics Module, and more – Kanbanize enables the user to set an unlimited number of subtasks, where metrics are collected on a per task level. The ability to divide work into smaller units allows user to have a master portfolio Kanban board with a high level scope and view as well as multiple team-level Kanban boards for day-to-day activities. Its powerful analytics can provide multiple charts that is automatically populated. Example of reports are Cumulative flow, Cycle time, Task distribution and others to help optimize the business. It can also provide timesheet reporting in Excel, create daily backups of the database, custom domain or sub-domain and front-page branding.



Pricing

Kanbanize offer several plans depending on a set number of users. All plans include all software features, but higher plans have additional services such as daily backups, email support, unlimited API calls, ramp-up consulting, and the option to add users on demand. The software is offered free for trial for up to 1000 events, where an event is anything done on a Kanban card, such as creating a card, moving it, copying, deleting or modifying. Plan prices shown are based on annual billing.



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Target Market

Kanbanize is ideal for teams of any size that requires management of tasks and projects in a visual and Lean way. The software is highly customizable and will adapt to any process workflow in any industry.

Supported Language

English

Some of their Clients

Clients include Credit Agricole, Fiksu, Precio, Serinfer, Nemetschek Scia, Pinnacle Sports, Neomobile, Ria Financial Services, Three Deep Marketing, Rakon, ConnectWise, and Priority Health Pty Ltd.

Testimonials

Jacopo Romei of Neomobile stated that Kanbanize helped him streamline the organization and maximize its value stream by addressing each bottleneck.

Fernando Rubbo of DBServer described the visual project management software as simple, direct and provides visibility like a physical Kanban board. He added that it is helpful and opened them up for new ideas.

Why Kanbanize

A robust continuous improvement process can help organizations meet and exceed sophisticated customer expectations. The Kanban method enables them to visualize their process and encourage a collaborative culture. Kanbanize is a robust continuous process improvement tool that applies Lean principles to enable users manage their processes in a highly visual and flexible way.

Company Info

Kanbanize is a product of Businessmap Ltd, a privately held information technology and service company with headquarters in Sofia, Bulgaria and an office in Boulder, CO, USA. It was founded in 2008 by Dimitar Karaivanov (CEO), Christo Stalev (CTO) and Bisser Ivanov (COO). It has received an equivalent of $340k in funding from investor company Eleven. The well-rounded, talented team has a solid experience in the field of Lean product development. Their vision of automation and scale is helping spread the word about Kanban, setting the standards of Kanban software and promoting visual project management as the new way and only alternative to manage growing volumes and complexity of work.

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