Value Glide — Operating Model Architecture for Executive Teams
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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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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How To Map The Sources of Demand

This post outlines our workshop format to make the work visible and visualised flow. In this workshop, we use the diverge and converge pattern. That is, we work individually to come up with a diverse set of sources of demand, then collaborate to create the agreed sources.  One of the first steps for managing the work, […]
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