Kanban started as a scheduling system developed by Taiichi Ohno that revolutionized the automotive industry and was the foundation of the Toyota Production System. The term Kanban nowadays refers to the Kanban method for knowledge work application, which gained traction at the beginning of the 21st century. The approach gained massive popularity across the software sector, […]
You’re the head of an engineering company delivering a digital ticketing system for public transport, and your goal is to expand your business and become a nationwide leader. Naturally, you’d gather everyone around and announce your long-term development plan. Your vision is out – “becoming the main ticketing systems’ provider for public transport nationwide”, and […]
“How do you do capacity planning with Kanban?” – this has been a recurring question for us at Kanbanize. That is why we decided to address this topic formally through this article. When we get asked this question, it is usually one of these objectives/questions that people have: As a manager, I need to know […]
In search of inspiration, practical advice or to enrich our common sense, nothing beats learning from the experience of others. It’s the most human thing – to relate to other fellow humans, to share both our success stories and mishaps. It’s no different in the business world – we tend to explore the industry experience […]
Let’s get one thing straight from the start: there’s no estimation in Kanban. Today, we share our perspective and experience on why estimation is not sufficient in today’s volatile world of project management and how we handle it in Kanban. Estimating vs. Forecasting Estimation is a subjective process for finding estimates such as “what would be the duration […]
In Kanbanize, we’re die-hard fans of efficiency and continuous improvement. And this doesn’t necessarily mean implementing Agile practices by the book. In our experience, we’ve seen companies that try so hard to embrace all of the “best Agile practices” on their transformation journey but still lack something to get the desirable results. I am sure […]
An Agile team is a cross-functional group of people that are organized to work collaboratively in order to deliver a product increment. Agile teams are faster and more adaptable than traditional project groups. Teams work iteratively, completing a piece of the whole at a time. This means that the final product is done quicker and […]
Are you overwhelmed by customer feedback and requests? Is your team struggling to differentiate between ideas worth exploring and random ideas? If you have felt the devastating effects of aborted work, you’re not alone. Indeed, there’s a way to streamline that rush of ideas, customer requests, feedback, and so on—a very reasonable and intuitive way […]
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 […]
Grasping the difference between adopting the Agile methods into the work process (doing Agile) and shifting to the Agile mindset (being Agile) is a fundamental step to achieving a real transformation of the workflow, boosting engagement at all levels, and being productive. No matter your position at a company, the project you are working on, […]