Limiting WIP ... too difficult?

[Jim Benson]

There are two rules for Personal Kanban. - Visualize Work and Limit Work In Progress.

I've found recently that all PK practitioners visualize work, but few seem to be limiting their WIP. 

I won't be hurt, but I need to know:

If you aren't limiting WIP ... why? 

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[Paul Klipp]

You think I limit my WIP too much, but years later, a WIP limit of one still works for me.

Paul

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[Agustin Villena]

I try hard to follow the "one small goal at a time" rule. Problems arise when the work-in-progress item us blocked,  usually by dependences on 3rd parties. Therefore focusing on another item "seems" to be the obvious thing to do. It is still not clear to me that this is always wrong.

Limiting Wip IMHO is like starting a diet. Requires much discipline and a focus on the whole workflow.

In Kanban (at team  level) the natural way to limit WIP is to prioritize the same amount of work than you archieved the last week (like in Scrum,  or XP) . I have some successful experiences coaching personal kanban and appying the same principle, but the above issue still remains

Regards
Agustin Villena

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