3 Strategies to Forecast Delivery Dates and Manage Stakeholder Expectations (for Software Development Teams)
It’s Thursday evening, almost 6pm, and I’m just wrapping up my workweek. It’s been a long one! I can hear my husband pulling into the driveway. Our two little troublemakers jump out of the car, giggling and screaming with excitement….
5 Common Mistakes You’re Making When Collecting and Reviewing Kanban Metrics (+ How to Fix Them)
Drowning in a sea of information? I get it – It’s easy to get lost and lose focus in the sheer volume of insights that Kanban metrics provide. But while it can be easy to head your attention in the…
How to Set up a Kanban System to Begin Tracking Metrics Effectively (Step-by-Step Guide)
Today, we’ll explore a structured approach to setting up a Kanban system. It follows five simple, essential steps that, together, ensure you get the most out of your data. As you’re working through these steps, keep in mind this isn’t…
3 Tips to Identify Bottlenecks and Improve Your Team’s Workflow Using Kanban Metrics
“How can we use Kanban metrics to identify the impediments that slow us down and improve our workflow?” This is a classic question for good reason! If you’ve been sticking around for a while, I bet you’re the kind of…
The Top 3 Challenges in Interpreting Kanban Metrics and Using Them to Drive Meaningful Change
Kanban metrics without context is just numbers. Today, we’ll reveal 3 ways you can make the most of your data and drive meaningful change across the board. As leaders, we spend a lot of time talking about data as though…
Use This Simple Prioritization Strategy to Align Your Teams with Your Business Goals
In 2016, an AirAsia flight departed from Sydney, Australia bound for Malaysia. At first, everything seemed normal. However, the plane started tracking in the wrong direction and ended up in Melbourne, over 1,000 miles off course! Six hours later than…
Getting Started with Kanban Analytics? Do Just This One Thing
If you’re striving to optimize your processes and improve your delivery speed, chances are you’ve already explored our Kanban analytics solution. Now, once you set yourself up, what’s next? Today I’ll give you a very simple strategy to get started…
Who We Are: Nave’s 6 Core Values
When you do business with a brand, it’s important that you like, know and trust them. Today I’m going to share with you what our core values are here at Nave so that you can decide whether we are the…
The Only Strategy You’ll Ever Need to Improve Time to Market
If you don’t really know how your teams are doing, you won’t be able to improve time to market. That’s where the power of viewable data comes in. If I asked you, “Hey, how are your teams doing”, what would…
How to Encourage Acts of Leadership at All Levels
When things don’t go well, the problem is never with people – it’s with the systems. And the best way to improve your systems is to inspire, encourage, and nurture acts of leadership at all levels. Once upon a time,…
Meet the Author

Sonya Siderova is a passionate product manager and a driving force behind Nave, a Kanban analytics suite that helps teams improve their delivery speed through data-driven decision making. When she's not catering to her two little ones, you might find Sonya absorbed in a good heavyweight boxing match or behind a screen crafting a new blog post.