Value Glide — Operating Model Architecture for Executive Teams

Four ways to boost your PI predictability

PI is a critical part of adopting Scaled Agile Framework®, SAFe® and thriving in the digital age. However, the following anti-patterns limit the benefits of PI. In this short post, we list anti-patterns and suggestions for avoiding them.   Limited content Readiness No or slideware system Demo PI objectives without business value Skipping Inspect & Adapt workshop   […]
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Introducing Kanban for Complexity Kanplexity

Introducing Kanban for Complexity™ (Kanplexity™)

  Background Some teams of knowledge workers (En.wikipedia.org, 2019) work primarily on complex problems. Scrum operates in the complex problem domain, so it can be a natural choice. Picture this context Single team Scrum is in use by many teams of different initiatives Having genuinely tried, some teams are unable to use Scrum, as they cannot […]
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Spot the difference original kanban and lean kanban

Spot the difference – The original Kanban, The Lean Kanban method, Professional Scrum with Kanban

Professional scrum with Kanban came out in February 2018, and it can be found at https://www.scrum.org/resources/kanban-guide-scrum-teams. The Lean Kanban method is described in the Essential Kanban Condensed Guide, that’s at https://leankanban.com/. The original Toyota Kanban has been around for a little longer (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkQxvkXSiuA), not to be confused with Kaizen as per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wot9DFzFRLU or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6rRHqb5MV0. This video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5izyN66PTxs in two minutes the original […]
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Why leaders need to learn the Kanban Method?

The Kanban Method or Kanban for short, provides a lens through which leaders can ensure that the organisation is working on the most important work and know what to improve that leads to improved value flow across the value stream. This is why leaders need to learn the kanban method, Kanban Method enables you to answer the following […]
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How to use WIP to pull work?

Cumulative Flow Diagram Is one of the key diagrams to help you manage the work better. A question that we are asked frequently and need to answer is  When can we deliver? The question that we should ask ourselves and we don’t is When should we start the work? A Cumulative Flow Diagram will enable you […]
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Is your service delivery predictable?

Work item arrival rate, work item departure rate, work item ageing are key factors to consider for faster service delivery or project delivery. When we start work as soon as it arrives irrespective of our availability work items age and the number of work items in progress grow resulting in longer lead time which causes dissatisfaction. […]
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When should we start?

Organisations want to improve their business agility and deliver more, but most of the time we start at the wrong place and believe it is about starting more.  “The more you start, the less you finish.” We ask teams to start more; they come back with their request for additional team members that is required […]
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