Charts for Kanban Boards

The CFD plots daily card counts per column, stacked into a ribbon. A smooth, parallel flow means your process is healthy. A widening band for a particular column is a signal worth investigating — cards are piling up there and slowing delivery.

Use the period selector (7, 14, 30, 60, or 90 days) to narrow or widen the time window.

Cycle Time measures how long a card spent actively in progress — from the moment it first moved out of the initial column until it was marked closed.

The chart shows a scatter plot of individual cards with a trend line. Outliers (cards that took much longer than the median) are easy to spot and worth a retrospective conversation.

Lead Time captures the full customer experience: the elapsed time from when a card was created to when it was closed, including any time it sat waiting in the backlog column.

Comparing Lead Time with Cycle Time tells you how much of the total wait is queue time versus active work time.

Throughput counts how many cards were closed per week over the selected period (4, 8, 12, or 26 weeks).

A stable or rising bar chart is a healthy sign. A sudden drop is an early warning — useful input for capacity planning and stakeholder conversations before a deadline arrives.