Advantages of Pull Based Approach

What is a pull-based approach?

A pull-based approach is a demand-centric approach in which the project tasks are taken into progress when there is an actual need for it....

How does Kanban Promote a Pull-based Approach?

Kanban’s pull system is one of the great ways to practice the Agile Principles that help the users to track and reduce waiting time along with preventing team burnout. Thus, the team takes up the work only as much as they can manage. Generally, there are four main steps through which Kanban promotes the Pull based Approach namely. They are workflow visualization, WIP Limits, the Pull System, and finally, the implementation of the Pull Signals....

How Pull-based Approach is Better than the Push-based Approach?

Parameter Pull-Based Approach Push-Based Approach Task Prioritization It prioritizes tasks based on requirements to prevent work overload This approach lists all tasks at once which slows down the process. Customer Value It can deliver better customer value as tasks are prioritized. It focuses less on end-user experience. Thus, it cannot create much customer value. Adaptability It allows us to improve adaptability with continuous delivery and real-time requirements. This is less efficient in handling continuous delivery and real-time changes Efficiency for Agile Teams It enables Agile teams to be more adaptable and efficient Push System is less efficient in fulfilling the dynamic needs of Agile teams Real-time Project Management It allows for real-time updates and scalability to multiple teams There is limited functionality for real-time updates and project scaling Workload Management It is capable of controlling workload by limiting the number of tasks in the workflow It may lead to work overload as all tasks are pushed into the workflow...

Advantages of Pull Based Approach

Easy Prediction: The Pull-based approach focuses on the quality of the tasks rather than quantity. Since there are lesser number of tasks, we can easily predict the completion time of the tasks. Along with this, there are shorter lead times in the project execution. Reducing Unnecessary Tasks: The pull-based approach reduces the unnecessary tasks in the workflow. This not only optimizes the workflow but saves the cost associated with maintaining the tasks that are not required. Utilization of Resources: The pull-based approach enables the agile teams to utilize the resources in a better way as there is neither overallocation nor under-allocation of project resources for tasks....

Disadvantages of Pull Based Approach

Inefficient for large projects: You may find it difficult to manage a complex project. The pull-based approach can become inefficient for large complex projects with a huge number of tasks that require parallel execution. Does not allow immediate changes: Since tasks are systematically pulled into the workflow, the pull-based approach does not allow us to easily execute the immediate tasks. Requires a skilled team: For properly implementing Kanban’s pull-based approach, a skilled team is required. Thus, the pull-based approach is not easy for the less skilled project professionals....

Conclusion

Kanban’s pull-based approach to work focuses on keeping the relevant and required tasks under execution and keeping the irrelevant things away from our project. Therefore, you can achieve the project targets in a shorter time by allowing the tasks to flow between the business processes in the pull-based System....