Kanban system

Correct Answer: Start by limiting the Work In Progress and then identify bottlenecks.

Limiting WIP allows the designer to focus on a few tasks at a time without feeling overwhelmed. It also helps to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement in the workflow.

Correct Answer: Conduct regular stand-up meetings and make the Kanban board visible to all team members.

By making the Kanban board visible and conducting regular stand-up meetings, all team members can have a clear view of the project's progress and discuss issues or bottlenecks promptly, improving communication.

Correct Answer: Re-evaluate the task sizes to ensure they are small enough to move smoothly through stages.

The most appropriate solution given in this scenario is to re-evaluate the task sizes to ensure they are small enough to move smoothly through stages. Kanban emphasizes uniformity in the size of tasks to ensure smooth flow of work items through different stages. If a task is too large, it may get stuck in a stage for a long time, causing a bottleneck. Whereas, other provided solutions could cause further imbalances in the system. Increasing the WIP limit of 'Development' stage to accommodate more tasks would not solve the problem if tasks are too large, but instead could lead to overcrowding and further delays. Adding more resources to the 'Development' stage without addressing the task sizes might add additional costs without essentially solving the core problem. Finally, adding an additional 'Development' stage to the Kanban board will complicate the process, and again doesn't address the root problem of task size causing delays. Instead, making sure tasks are appropriately sized will result in a consistent flow through the 'Development' stage and overall process pipeline.