Introduction BLONDÉ is a third generation independent family business that thinks locally and acts globally in delivering liquid content services to its clients worldwide. Since their establishment as a high-end printing company in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1934 by Lode Blondé, they have evolved into a multifaceted global provider of services in the communications industry. Presently, […]
Implementing Kanban in your organization may seem easy, but it is a bit tricky indeed. If you start without the necessary respect to details things can go wrong. Imagine that you have the fastest car in Formula 1. However, you decide to put one of your engineers behind the wheel and tell him to win […]
At the twilight of 2018, we evaluate what we managed to achieve throughout the year and look forward with hope to what is to come in 2019. If you are among those brave leaders who are always chasing process improvement, at this time of the year, you are probably considering how to scale your efforts […]
The end of 2018 approaches and we can’t help but think about what awaits us in 2019. Recently, we published an infographic showing the trends for Scrum and Kanban in numbers. Now, we decided to gather some expert opinions on what shall we expect to happen for Kanban during the next year. Let’s go briefly […]
When talking about Lean, usually people tend to focus on the process management part. However, few realize that just adopting the most emblematic management tools such as Kanban may not necessarily bring the desired improvement without changing the way they lead. Now, we don’t plan to bore you with all the leadership fluff. Nor do […]
Stand-up meetings have become a sacred ritual for teams using Agile in any form. They are fantastic for keeping a company aligned and focused in the same direction. Although implementing them is not difficult, making the most of these daily gatherings with your colleagues requires practice and nonetheless, experimentation. Over the course of the past […]
The Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) is the new big thing in the Kanban world. It maps all 6 core practices of the Kanban method to 7 levels of organizational maturity. The KMM responds to the need for help to cope with resistance to change. Furthermore, it helps to properly introduce the practices needed to make […]
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 […]