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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
When managing knowledge work projects, the word “dependency” is often associated with delay. Honestly, that comes as no surprise because the traditional way of managing dependencies (using Gantt Charts) is not reliable in an environment where requirements frequently change. Following the same old approach requires project managers to rework their initial plans often. In turn, […]
In Part I, we described our journey in Leading an Agile transformation for a complex hardware product development program in a highly regulated industry within a large multinational company. We didn’t consciously set out to implement ‘Agile’ or lead a scaled Agile transformation. We didn’t have a masterplan describing how we were going to deploy […]