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Process - Kanban WIP Board.

A kanban WIP board that stacks work items as cards across state columns (queued / in progress / blocked / done) so one screen says how much sits where right now. Each column header carries a WIP count badge, the blocked column alone is flagged with a left warning border, and a closing line at the bottom takes the bottleneck. Unlike the other process layouts, which draw a flow, it has no arrows and its axis is the present state rather than time.

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Overview

Best for: Mid-sprint checks, weekly operations reviews, escalating blocked work, sharing how much a team is carrying (WIP)

Use: When one screen has to show how many items sit in each state right now and which of them are stuck. Use it for a mid-sprint check, a weekly operations review, a blocker escalation, or a WIP load update. It fits when the items have no ordering or handoff between them and each one simply rests in some state.

Avoid: Use process-swim-lane or flow-stages-4 for work that flows through stages, process-relay-handoff when the handoff boundary is the point, process-stage-gate when the passing criteria are, process-escalation-path for a severity-based reporting route, and process-raci-matrix for a split of responsibilities. Use timeline-gantt or timeline-roadmap for a schedule over a span, and timeline-phase-columns for Now/Next/Later buckets. Past five columns or four cards in one column the card copy stops reading, so group them down.

CategoryProcess / Flow

DensityHigh

Text Budget700 chars

EmphasisBalanced

PositionMiddle

Theme

Based on the currently selected theme Cobalt Grid. Switching the theme in the sidebar updates this section too.

SchemeLight

Best forAcademic reports, trend reports, design research, agency capabilities

Avoid forCasual, colorful presentations

Slots (48)

eyebrow

Label

Top label (WIP BOARD)22 chars

titleRequired

One-line headline stating what the board concludes34 chars

asofRequired

Label

Badge for the date and time the snapshot is taken24 chars

col1_nameRequired

Label

Column 1 state name (queued)8 chars

col1_countRequired

128%

WIP count badge for column 18 chars

col1_item1_nameRequired

Label

Card 1 task name in the queued column14 chars

col1_item1_scope

One line of scope for card 1 in the queued column34 chars

col1_item1_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 1 in the queued column14 chars

col1_item2_nameRequired

Label

Card 2 task name in the queued column14 chars

col1_item2_scope

One line of scope for card 2 in the queued column34 chars

col1_item2_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 2 in the queued column14 chars

col1_item3_nameRequired

Label

Card 3 task name in the queued column14 chars

col1_item3_scope

One line of scope for card 3 in the queued column34 chars

col1_item3_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 3 in the queued column14 chars

col2_nameRequired

Label

Column 2 state name (in progress)8 chars

col2_countRequired

128%

WIP count badge for column 2; write it as 3 / 4 when a limit applies8 chars

col2_item1_nameRequired

Label

Card 1 task name in the in-progress column14 chars

col2_item1_scope

One line of scope for card 1 in the in-progress column34 chars

col2_item1_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 1 in the in-progress column14 chars

col2_item2_nameRequired

Label

Card 2 task name in the in-progress column14 chars

col2_item2_scope

One line of scope for card 2 in the in-progress column34 chars

col2_item2_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 2 in the in-progress column14 chars

col2_item3_nameRequired

Label

Card 3 task name in the in-progress column14 chars

col2_item3_scope

One line of scope for card 3 in the in-progress column34 chars

col2_item3_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 3 in the in-progress column14 chars

col3_nameRequired

Label

Column 3 state name (blocked)8 chars

col3_countRequired

128%

WIP count badge for column 38 chars

col3_item1_nameRequired

Label

Card 1 task name in the blocked column14 chars

col3_item1_scope

One line of scope for card 1 in the blocked column34 chars

col3_item1_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 1 in the blocked column14 chars

col3_item2_nameRequired

Label

Card 2 task name in the blocked column14 chars

col3_item2_scope

One line of scope for card 2 in the blocked column34 chars

col3_item2_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 2 in the blocked column14 chars

col4_nameRequired

Label

Column 4 state name (done)8 chars

col4_countRequired

128%

WIP count badge for column 48 chars

col4_item1_nameRequired

Label

Card 1 task name in the done column14 chars

col4_item1_scope

One line of scope for card 1 in the done column34 chars

col4_item1_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 1 in the done column14 chars

col4_item2_nameRequired

Label

Card 2 task name in the done column14 chars

col4_item2_scope

One line of scope for card 2 in the done column34 chars

col4_item2_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 2 in the done column14 chars

col4_item3_nameRequired

Label

Card 3 task name in the done column14 chars

col4_item3_scope

One line of scope for card 3 in the done column34 chars

col4_item3_ownerRequired

Label

Owner chip for card 3 in the done column14 chars

note_labelRequired

Label

Label for the closing line (bottleneck)8 chars

note_textRequired

One line on what the bottleneck is and what happens if it holds60 chars

company

Label

Footer left: company or team name24 chars

page

Label

Footer right: page number4 chars

Style Knobs (3)

Blocked column flag colorcolor

border-left-colorwarning / danger / accent

Card densityvariant

기본 (열당 카드 2~3장)촘촘 (열당 카드 4장)

data-variant기본 (열당 카드 2~3장) / 촘촘 (열당 카드 4장)

Headline sizefontSize

font-size28–46px (step 2)

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