Author Archives: Bisser Ivanov

About Bisser Ivanov

Keen on innovation, exploration or simply trying new things. Would that be a technology, new methodology or just cool gadgets. Got almost 2 decades of experience working as Software Engineer, Team Lead, QA/Processes Manager and Managing Director in mid-size and large scale Software Companies: Prosyst, SAP, Software AG.

Team Efficiency as the Fourth Project Dimension

Most project management tools and methods, focus mainly on 3 dimensions: Time, Budget and Scope. Kanban has embedded in its core a fourth dimension: Efficiency.

How to Track Progress in Kanban with 6 Easy-to-read Charts?

Tracking progress is the core of the continuous improvement process. Without regular monitoring and tracking one cannot either recognize whether any changes should be applied nor realize if everything is going on well. An old management cliché states that you “can’t manage what you don’t measure” and this is exactly the case here. Monitoring and […]

Kanban 101 – The Kanban Board

With Kanban 101 we are aiming to give our readers a jump-start guide to get their Kanban engine running. For this purpose we are going to use Kanbanize, so you can start implementing what you learn right away. The board is the first gradient of Kanban. Without it, there are going to be just random […]

Cycle Time as Normal (Gaussian) Distribution

Hello fellow Analysts, Knowing the future is impossible (not yet), but you could easily guess what the outcome would be when you have a sequence of similar activities. Predictability is something you could gain by collecting meaningful (true) statistical data. With the power of the Analytics module in Kanbanize, you could improve your planning and […]

Lean Tips: Action and Motion to Improve your Personal and Professional Efficiency

There is a line between productivity and just doing things that don’t bring any results. Find more about the difference between them and how to recognize the one from the other. Reveal are you being actionable or motionable…

What Is Lean Marketing: How to Run Your Marketing Team the Lean Way?

Marketing is transforming. It’s becoming more and more important, more tech-oriented, unfolds in more and more fields and it is more integrated than ever with other departments. Daily work in marketing is so diverse (pretty much why we love it) and dynamic, it depends on external parties – agencies, partners, consultants – that it is […]