CAPM Practice: Determine how to prepare and execute task management steps

The Kanban board visualizes work flow — what is waiting, what is in progress, and what is done. This transparency enables teams to manage flow, identify bottlenecks, respect WIP limits, and make real-time decisions about what to work on next.

**Why not A:** A Kanban board is a workflow visualization tool, not a performance management tool. Displaying individual team member metrics would shift focus from collaborative flow management to individual evaluation, which is contrary to the team-oriented purpose of Kanban and could create unhealthy competition rather than supporting the system's core goal of making work visible and flowing.

**Why not B:** Kanban boards are not financial tracking tools. Budget expenditure tracking belongs in financial management systems or dashboards; attaching that purpose to a Kanban board conflates two distinct management functions and misrepresents how the tool is used in adaptive project environments.

**Why not D:** While Kanban boards do support planning, they are not exclusively planning tools, nor are they limited to future iteration scheduling. Their defining characteristic is real-time visibility into work at all stages—including work in progress—which is fundamentally different from a scheduling-only tool like a sprint planning board. Restricting the definition to future work planning ignores Kanban's most important function: managing active flow.