What does it mean to maintain a stable system, and, moreover, why does this actually matter? The short answer is that stable systems translate into predictable systems. Predictable systems enable you to give a confident answer to the quite common…

One of the most efficient ways to achieve a robust and highly productive business operation is to pay close attention to the bottlenecks in your system and manage them effectively. In his book ‘Theory of Constraints’, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt defines…

The modern workforce is rapidly swapping the security of an office-based, nine-to-five job with the flexibility of freelancing. In fact, figures from Forbes suggest 59% of U.S. companies now use a flexible workforce to some degree, with new tactics to…

More than 50 years ago, Peter Drucker, a management consultant and author, described as the founder of modern management, predicted we would shift to a knowledge society. He said information would change the way people work – that knowledge will…

Building a robust, reliable system that enables a smooth, predictable delivery of work requires a great deal of effort.  However, even with an efficient Kanban pull system in place, one where the team pulls the work themselves, WIP limits are…

You asked and we’ve delivered; Jira Software teams can now use Nave to optimize their software development processes. If you use Jira Server to manage your workflow, and your instance is not exposed publicly, or you just prefer to control…

From ideation to delivery, work flows through the value stream until it reaches the end customer The Kanban Metho is designed to optimize the flow of work as it moves through the value stream. It’s a system that works upon…

How can we be more efficient? What’s holding us back from delivering great customer value, sooner? These are pivotal questions shared by all success-driven product managers. Productivity rises with the improvement of team engagement and working practices. The greatest leverage…