Kanban Board: Target Operating Model (TOM) (Excel XLSX)

TARGET OPERATING MODEL EXCEL DESCRIPTION

Editor Summary Kanban Board: Target Operating Model (TOM) is an XLSX Kanban import template with a supplemental PDF by Gerard Blokdijk, sold as a digital download on Flevy. Read more The file contains 1,000+ records and a Kanban layout with cards, columns, and swimlanes for visualizing work; it is importable into Airtable, Monday, Smartsheet, Power BI, or other Kanban tools. Targeted at client business and technology leaders, program managers, and analytics teams, it supports advanced analytics, data governance, risk management, and technology transformation use cases. File format: XLSX with supplemental PDF; slide count: 0.

Use this Kanban TOM when you need to apply Kanban to coordinate business and technology workstreams during analytics- and data-driven transformations, or to improve risk controls and governance while maintaining live operations.
  Business leaders aligning partners to key performance measures and prioritizing initiatives using Kanban swimlanes and cards to show impact.
  Technology leads maintaining enterprise architecture while tracking evolving system requirements and technical tasks in Kanban columns.
  Program managers resourcing proof-of-concept efforts and tracking transition activities to avoid degrading live service.
The approach reflects Lean and Agile project management practices used to visualize flow and limit work-in-progress.

A Kanban Board is a Lean & Agile Project Management tool used to implement Kanban to manage work at a personal or organizational level.

Kanban Boards visually depict work at various stages of a process using cards to represent work items and columns to represent each stage of the process. Cards are moved from left to right to show progress and to help coordinate teams performing the work. A Kanban Board may be divided into horizontal "swimlanes" representing different kinds of work or different teams performing the work.

With this Target Operating Model (TOM) Kanban, you can enable client business and technology leaders and their organizations to positively affect business outcomes by applying a holistic people, process and technology mindset to business alignment, technology strategy and technology tactics in the space of Advanced Analytics and Data Driven mindset.

This Kanban offers the following benefits:

•  Use Risk Management as a way to make your business more efficient, to reduce manual intervention, and minimize risk and control errors.
•  Get management to understand the importance of Data Governance.
•  Get your partners aligned with the key performance measures of your business vs. traditional outsourcing.
•  Measure the success of Data and Technology Transformation.
•  Organize yourself in order to support the future business model.
•  Evaluate value and impact to the business if compromised.
•  Get sufficient assurance on your Risk Management investment.
•  Maintain the Enterprise Architecture in the midst of evolving systems and new business requirements.
•  Resource proof of concept efforts to show early impact and demonstrate potential to fellow business leaders.
•  Transition to the new model without degrading live service and project delivery.

This Kanban Board is downloadable as an Excel file. You will need to import the Excel into Airtable, Monday, Smartsheet, Power BI, or the Kanban visualization tool of your choice.

The above preview is only a partial snapshot of all the data included in the Kanban Excel import. The full document has 1,000+ records.

Gain insights into critical capabilities and urgency levels for various business functions, from client management to innovation. Leverage this comprehensive tool to streamline operations and drive strategic initiatives effectively.

TOPIC FAQ

What is a Kanban Board and how does it represent work stages?

A Kanban Board is a Lean & Agile project management tool that visualizes work using cards for items and columns for process stages; cards move left to right to indicate progress. Boards can include horizontal swimlanes to separate work types or teams, enabling visual coordination across stages and swimlanes.

How do I import a Kanban Excel template into tools like Airtable, Monday, or Power BI?

Export or save the Excel Kanban file in a compatible CSV/XLSX format, then use the destination tool’s import feature to map columns to fields, recreate swimlanes as groupings, and render cards. Flevy’s Kanban Board: Target Operating Model is provided as an Excel import template for Airtable, Monday, Smartsheet, and Power BI.

How can Kanban support data governance and analytics program coordination?

Kanban visually aligns tasks, owners, and priorities so stakeholders better understand data governance activities, risk controls, and transformation tasks. By surfacing work items and progress, teams can prioritize governance, reduce manual interventions, and communicate priorities for analytics initiatives across business and technology teams.

Which indicators should I capture to measure success of a data and technology transformation with Kanban?

Capture outcome-aligned measures such as alignment to business KPIs, progress of prioritized work items, and completion of proof-of-concept tasks to demonstrate early impact. Using a structured Kanban import like Flevy’s Kanban Board: Target Operating Model helps collect and track these indicators across its 1,000+ records.

In what ways does Kanban help reduce manual intervention and control errors?

By visualizing work, limiting work-in-progress, and clarifying handoffs, Kanban highlights bottlenecks and areas of manual dependency, enabling teams to redesign process steps and automate controls. The approach supports using risk management to reduce manual steps and minimize risk and control errors.

What should I look for when buying a Kanban Board template for a Target Operating Model?

Prioritize templates that provide an import-ready Excel format, support swimlanes for work types, map to business/technology governance needs, and include enough records to model your environment. A usable commercial template will include an Excel import and compatibility with tools like Airtable, Monday, or Smartsheet and contain substantial sample data such as 1,000+ records.

Can Kanban help maintain enterprise architecture while systems evolve and new requirements emerge?

Yes. Kanban can track architecture-related tasks, technical dependencies, and change items so teams maintain alignment between evolving systems and EA standards. Using a TOM-focused Kanban layout supports documenting and prioritizing architecture work as part of ongoing delivery and transformation efforts, aiding enterprise architecture continuity.

How can teams use Kanban to resource proofs of concept and transition without degrading live service?

Teams can create dedicated swimlanes or columns for proof-of-concept work, assign limited capacity, and track handoffs separately from live-service tasks. This makes resource allocation transparent and enables staged transitions while preserving live delivery, supporting proof-of-concept demonstration and controlled migration.

Source: Best Practices in Target Operating Model, Kanban Board Excel: Kanban Board: Target Operating Model (TOM) Excel (XLSX) Spreadsheet, Gerard Blokdijk