Sled Team: The Kanban Board That Helps You Deliver.

The Kanban Board That Helps You Deliver.

Stressed out and struggling? What if you could be relaxed and effective? Get control of your projects, and gain confidence in when you'll be finished.

It shouldn't be a lot of work just to manage your work.

Sled Team is a smart, lightweight, online kanban board, with automatic forecasting for your future work, and advice on how to work more effectively. It's perfect for people and teams who want real insight into their schedule, without the burden of heavy tools and processes.

Our customers are relaxed and effective.

Michael Gorsuch Director of Infrastructure

"I've been using Sled Team on a daily basis for the past six months, and I couldn't be happier with it. I've been looking for this tool most of my career. It's focused, elegant, and has cool dogs!"

Oleh Zaychenko Product Manager

"Sled Team is a delight to use. I love how it blends simplicity with practical advice on actually getting things done. No distractions, no complicated decisions, no analysis paralysis. Just me and my sled."

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sled Team?

Sled Team is an app that helps you manage, visualize, and track your work. It uses Kanban principles and statistics to help you make progress. You can use it on mobile phones or desktop computers.

How much does Sled Team cost?

Sled Team has a two-week free trial. After two weeks, it costs $4.99/month, or $39.99/year--33% off if you choose annual billing.

Can I try it before I sign up?

Yes! We have a free interactive demo, which includes the ability to fast-forward a day at a time, so you can see how Sled Team helps you as time progresses. Note that in our free demo, nothing you enter will be saved.

What is Kanban?

Kanban is a powerful method for managing work, derived from the system that made Toyota the dominant auto manufacturer in the world. It involves visualizing work, limiting how much you do at once, and tracking your past progress as a means of forecasting your future progress.

Why does this look different than the Kanban boards I've seen before?

Traditional Kanban boards are horizontally oriented, with work moving from left to right. This works really well on physical whiteboards, but doesn't work at all on mobile phones, and isn't that great on laptops either. We've found that having work flow from bottom to top makes instinctive sense for our customers.

Is this for individuals, or teams?

Both, and you can even use it for multiple teams! Sled Team is designed to be lightweight enough for personal work. However, if you invite more people to your board, team features (like assigning a task to a person) appear automatically. You can also create multiple boards, so more than one team can get involved.

How is it possible to do automatic forecasting?

We use the methods described by Daniel Vacanti in his books. Briefly stated, whenever your list of work changes, we run a probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation for all your tasks, based on your throughput and required confidence level. The higher the confidence you need, the more conservative the forecast will be. Note that 100% confidence is not possible--that's just not how the world works. However, if you make sure to follow the advice Sled Team gives you, you should be able to be confident in your forecasts.

How is forecasting better than estimates?

In a nutshell: estimates are frequently wrong. Not just a little wrong, but a lot wrong. In software, for example, it's common for estimates of major work to be wrong by a factor of 5x or more. Human beings do very poorly at estimating how long things will take, in part because there are many factors we don't think about--interruptions, help we need from others, context switching, surprises, revisions, and so on. The kind of forecasting we offer is based on your historical data, takes all of those factors into account, and is therefore much more reliable.

How is Sled Team better than some of the alternatives?

Sled Team can save you significant time compared to our major competitors, and is more powerful in the ways that really matter. You can start with zero setup, and get going in seconds. You don't need to create complicated workflows or statuses. You don't need to estimate anything. All you need to do is write down your work, break it into small tasks, and follow the advice Sled Team gives you. That tiny time investiment will give you enormous insight into your schedule, and help you get more done with less stress.

How can a person be relaxed and effective?

It's easy to be relaxed if you're not doing much. It's easy to be effective if you're working yourself to death. But it's hard to be both at the same time — and that's the sweet spot we're all looking for. Sled Team helps you get there by giving you a clear, realistic view of your work. That means you can make achievable commitments, and smart tradeoffs. When you know what to expect, and have a plan to get there, you can relax and enjoy the journey.