No matter how great your team is and how strategic your decisions are, some of your projects will fail. However, this doesn’t mean you should sweep them under the rug. Project managers and leaders can be on the lookout for the warning signs that foreshadow project failure. There are different reasons for project failure. Can […]
Do you know what sets apart successful companies and managers from their unsuccessful counterparts? A lot actually, but some of the most significant differences lay in the way they set goals, track progress and work to achieve them. To be more effective in each of these three elements, it is not uncommon for managers to […]
Did you know that 48% of projects are not finished within the scheduled time, 43% of the projects are not finished within their original budget and 31% of projects don’t meet the original goals and business intent? Pretty embarrassing data for the project managers, isn’t it? This is according to the PMI Pulse of the […]
Creativity and productivity are two irreplaceable elements for achieving success in business. Although they are two sides of the same coin, there’s a widespread misunderstanding saying that creativity kills productivity and vice versa. As a result, it is not a surprise that teams with more creative functions (e.g. marketing, design, etc.) are sometimes putting up […]
When talking about marketing, we are often so focused on looking for ways of reaching our target audiences that we rarely consider how to do so efficiently. During my career, I’ve witnessed time after time marketers starting far more work than they are able to finish, priding themselves on how busy they are all the […]
As a CEO, a major part of my work is to define the strategy of the company and follow through on execution. Sounds easy, but it’s the most challenging job I’ve ever had. It takes enormous amounts of energy, military discipline, and courage. If you think I’m fooling you, just let that sink in: 90% […]
There is no doubt that Kanban is among the most famous methods for software development these days. However, people often forget that the method was initially tested and applied successfully in IT departments. Back in 2004, an IT team in Microsoft managed by Dragos Dumitriu was struggling to improve his team’s efficiency and to optimize […]
“When you visualize, then you materialize.” This quote of the American psychologist Denis Waitley perfectly summarizes one of the most effective tools used by modern leaders for managing their time, team process or even entire companies. Although there are different means to use for visualizing work, there’s hardly any tool capable of outperforming a task […]
Formal roles are important to people, we get that. We even had a recent company-wide discussion on the topic. As Lean blossoms best in an environment involving as little constraints as possible for flow to develop and evolve, we want to address the topic on roles in Kanban. Recently, I overheard an old question related […]
It is normal for most teams that are just starting out with Kanban to put the traditional, physical implementation of the method into practice. However, when you start to get the hang of it and reach a point where rapid process improvement becomes more difficult, you’ll need the added functionalities that Kanban software solutions provide […]