As you probably know, Kanban boards, whether physical or online, are used as a tool for supporting Kanban. The success of Kanban has led to the creation of several excellent implementations of online Kanban boards. With such easy availability of these well-crafted tools, can we put them to other uses? As we explore in this Executive Update, if we step back and look at Kanban boards merely as information management tools, we find some very useful patterns of use. Let's dive in.