Kanban
The Champion's Playbook: How to Sell Kanban to Skeptical MSP Technicians
Learn how to implement Kanban for MSP technicians who feel busy but unproductive. Transform ticket complexity into visual workflow and reduce cycle time.
Kanban Waterfall: How To Visualize WBS in MSP Environments
Learn how to blend Kanban and Waterfall in your MSPs by Visualizing projects and boosting collaboration with TopLeft's PSA-integrated tools
Best Books For MSP Project Managers To Learn Kanban Basics
Discover the Best Books MSP Project Managers Can Use to Learn Kanban Basics
Kanban vs AI-Based PM Tools: Which is Better For Your MSP?
Discover why Kanban trumps AI-based project management tools for MSPs. Learn how it prevents burnout, is flexible and is better for team collaberation
An MSP's Guide To Kanban Throughput
What Kanban throughput measures, how an MSP tracks it, and how it ties to lead time and the value customers get.
Kanban Board Columns For Dummies: A Guide Made For MSPs
Explore Kanban board columns for MSPs. Learn how to improve processes, identify bottlenecks, and improve communication using Kanban columns.
How to Use MSP Metrics to Drive Smarter Decisions and Better Results
Discover how Kanban metrics enhance KPI measurements for MSPs, and learn what metrics to analyze to improve MSP performance and MSP results.
Scrum Board vs Kanban Board: Which is best for your MSP?
Scrum board vs Kanban board: Learn key differences between the two and discover which board suits your MSP best.
How Kanban swimlanes help MSPs finish projects
Discover how Kanban swimlanes improve MSP processes. Learn how to setup horizontal, vertical, and multi-dimensional lanes for improved workflows.
MSP Optimization Guide: How to Use Kanban Boards correctly
Learn how to use Kanban boards for your MSP team. Discover 7 key benefits and the best practices for implementing this visual workflow tool.
7 Reasons to Use Kanban for Project Management
The great thing about using kanban for project management is you have the liberty to customize it to fit your current processes, improving your operation.
Monday.com for ConnectWise and HaloPSA tickets: a Kanban board that syncs instead
Monday.com has no native ConnectWise or HaloPSA connector. How MSPs link them today, and a Kanban board that syncs both ways with either PSA.
Asana for Autotask tickets? A Kanban board that syncs with Autotask instead
Asana has no native Autotask integration. How MSPs connect them today, what that misses, and a Kanban board that syncs Autotask tickets and projects both ways.
How to Read the Cumulative Flow Diagram [Infographic]
How to read the cumulative flow diagram: an infographic guide to one of the most useful Kanban analytics for MSP teams.
The Kanban Method for MSPs: principles, practices and a board on your PSA
What Kanban is, the four principles and six practices, how to set up a pull board with WIP limits on ConnectWise, Autotask or HaloPSA, and which flow numbers to watch.
We’re excited to announce our integration with Nave!
TopLeft now integrates with Nave to turn your board data into flow analytics, so MSP teams can see bottlenecks and make work more visible.
How MSP project managers see every project at once
Why project visibility slips when work lives in many places, and how one board across your projects fixes it.
Trello for Autotask tickets? A Kanban board that syncs with Autotask instead
Trello and Autotask connect only through Zapier triggers you build. What that misses, and a Kanban board that syncs Autotask tickets, projects and time both ways.
Are you making use of both key types of Kanban boards?
Most people know the basic Todo/Doing/Done board. There's a second type of Kanban board with big advantages for certain MSP work.
TopLeft: The ConnectWise-Compatible Alternate to MS Planner
Discover how TopLeft's connectwise-integrable visual boards outshine MS Planner for MS Planner-using MSPs.
What it means to be DOING Kanban
What does it actually mean to be doing Kanban? Reflections on practising Kanban at an MSP, beyond dashboards and metrics.
Making it easier for engineers to enter time
Making it easier for MSP engineers to enter time. A look at reducing the friction that keeps technicians from logging their work.
Building a Lean QBR Process with ConnectWise and Kanban
How we used Lean thinking to re-engineer the MSP Quarterly Business Review, mapping the end-to-end value stream into a simpler process.
Trello for ConnectWise tickets: a Kanban board that syncs with ConnectWise PSA
Trello has no native ConnectWise PSA integration. What MSPs do instead, and a Kanban board that reads and writes ConnectWise tickets and projects directly.
How to build a Kanban board for any ConnectWise process
Building a Kanban board to match your ConnectWise work process, so an MSP can run weekly work sprints without strict dispatch.
Why MSPs should visualize their work
Why visualizing work helps an MSP team, the difference between picturing the goal and picturing the steps, and how to put a service desk on a board you can see.
Kanban Implementation Roadmap for Beginners
A work-in-progress guideline for implementing Kanban in a ConnectWise environment, based on our own Agile journey and research.
See TopLeft on ConnectWise, Autotask or HaloPSA
A 45-minute demo with our team, in a demo environment built on a real PSA.