What are the color codes used in a Kanban board?

The color codes used in a Kanban board are not standardized and can vary depending on the team's preferences or the specific project management tool being used. However, commonly, different colors are used to represent different types of tasks, task statuses, or task priorities. For example, a team might use red to indicate high-priority tasks, green for tasks that are on track, and yellow for tasks that are behind schedule.

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What is "Kanban"? Kanban is a project management framework that uses a notecard visualization to style cards on a board so team members can easily see where each task or project is in a series of workflow stages. The Kanban system, invented at Toyota, helped transform the automaker from selling less than three hundred cars a year to one of the largest automakers in the world and making hundreds of billions in revenue as of 2021. Below, we explain Kanban and its origins, how a "Kanban Board" works, and how you can download and customize the spreadsheet template we created to get started.

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