One of the basic principles of the Agile approach is the ability of employees and teams to self-organize – to make independent decisions that facilitate progress, teamwork, and the development of the organization in the desired direction. Self-organization is the basis of another organizational management model – a holacracy. In this blog post, we will […]
This week we have big news: the first-ever annual State of Kanban report is finally here, and it’s available below! We are very excited to announce that in collaboration with Kanban University and Digite, we have compiled the first State of Kanban survey results. As we are true believers in the power of Kanban for […]
Edgar Schein, Sloan Professor of Management Emeritus at the MIT, describes three levels of organizational culture: artifacts, the visible sign: from dress code to how employees communicate espoused beliefs: the values by which business is conducted, it can be brought out by talking to people underlying assumptions, the invisible component: hard to describe, often unconscious, […]
As the Agile approach to managing projects is getting more and more popular, there is a growing confusion about the project manager’s role. What happens to it? With Agile heavily preaching shared leadership and responsibility, is the project manager in such an environment doomed? Not at all. However, the PMs responsibilities change. Let’s find out […]
In my line of work, I’m often called to help an organization “go agile” or do an “agile transformation.” My first question usually gets the most awkward pause: “Why do you want to do this?” After some discussion, we often get to something like, “We need to be faster,” or “We’ve got some tight deadlines, […]
Stakeholder analysis plays a pivotal role in project management. Of course, if you look at it from an “Agile” perspective, some variances occur – and that too for the better. For starters, the Agile approach jumps over a few hoops to get things done quickly. We are no longer looking at traditional methodologies for managing […]
Traditionally, answering the question “When will it be done?” happens in a deterministic way where teams prepare strict deadlines for their projects. And while this approach works for stable projects, operating in a volatile environment requires a way to reflect our plans’ uncertainty. This calls for probabilistic planning, where project managers communicate possible outcomes (forecasts) […]
This week, we have some exciting news to share with you. We are proud to announce that Kanbanize (in collaboration with Kanban University and SwiftKanban) has just launched the 1st ever annual State of Kanban Survey. As the Kanban method is already one of the hottest trends in the Agile project management world, we’d like […]
When looking for information about strategy execution, we are sure you will find endless resources on the internet. Among all the tips, tricks, best practices, etc., it gets harder and harder to spot authentic information. As one of our commitments at Kanbanize is to always deliver valuable content to our audience, we are happy to […]
Welcome to our first blog post of 2021! We wish you all lots of health and success in the new year. 2020 was unusual and turbulent, but there is one certain thing. We live in a new world that requires a new way of thinking if we want to thrive in it. Even though last […]