How to work on culture so that agility initiatives do not fail? David Anderson comments on the result of the poll
When we asked people what they think is the main challenge of the agile initiatives in organizations, most respondents have chosen “failing to work on the culture”. It was an unexpected choice for us, so we decided to dig deeper into the topic and talk to an expert....
What is Kanban Maturity Model?
Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) is a process-level improvement model with the Kanban Method. KMM can be used to guide a process improvement across teams, departments, or entire organizations. It maps out 7 maturity levels and shows how to successfully deploy the Kanban...
Dependency Management example: Kanban implementation in an advertising agency
Explore the dependency management example in Kanban with an illustrative Kanban implementation in an advertising agency. Lots of professionals struggle with managing dependencies. We can schedule something and often it turns out that it takes longer than...
What is Dependency Management in Kanban?
Explore how Dependency Management works in Kanban and what approaches does the method use to facilitate this task. What is Dependency Management Projects in all professional services industries often require a cooperation of individuals or services with specialist...
Deadlines in Kanban: do they exist?
Some may say there are no deadlines in Kanban, some would disagree, saying that it is not possible to work without them. Let`s figure out where is the truth in the Kanban world. Types of deadlines. There are different types of deadlines. First, we need to sort out...
Cycle time vs Lead time – what is the difference?
These two concepts are popular in Kanban and are known in other agile methods. Let`s find out about their difference in Kanban. (Local) Cycle time of a ticket – is how much time a work item spends in a specific activity or a defined sequence of activities. In other...
Interview with David Anderson, Part 2: Dependency Management: finding a simple solution to deal with complicated dependencies.
We talked with David about Dependency Management in Kanban: what challenges people and companies are facing and what solutions Kanban Method offers for this case. We explored the idea of Dynamic Reservation System, Classes or Booking, where they originate from and how...
Interview with David Anderson, Part 1: Triage Tables: developing the tool for prioritizing a workflow in a WIP limit environment. The story behind the scenes.
Triage Tables were brought to light, as a solution, during the lock-down in July, 2020 from David Anderson’s office in Bilbao, Spain. Triage Tables can be called a breakthrough in the Agile world. They are the only known tool, with a solid mathematical foundation, to...
Shelf-life ratio examples: which one better matches to your current work items?
Shelf-life ratio is one of the main concepts that Triage Tables use to identify the class of service for the work items. It reflects a ratio between how long it takes to deliver vs. how long you will receive a benefit. In other words, it is the ratio of the lead time...
Better Prioritization – Sequencing & Classes of Service Explained
We don´t perform a specific activity to prioritize work for kanban systems. Instead we practice dynamic prioritization, selecting items of work on-the-spot, based on risk, or other desirable outcomes such as fairness, good customer service, or value. The term...