Monte Carlo Simulation Explained: Everything You Need to Know to Make Accurate Delivery Forecasts
Here is everything you need to know to make reliable delivery commitments in just a couple of minutes: the Monte Carlo simulation explained! Getting started with Monte Carlo simulations as an alternative approach to making delivery forecasts can be challenging,…
5 Kanban Myths You Should Stop Believing
“The Kanban Method doesn’t work for project planning!”, “There is no commitment in Kanban.”, “You have to split your items into even pieces.” What do all these statements have in common? They’re all Kanban myths. Kanban myths are not uncommon,…
Top 3 Management Don’ts to Avoid When Waiting for Customer Feedback
Do you have a “Waiting for customer feedback” column on your board? Does your work get stuck in there for days, even weeks, while your team is working hard to maintain predictable delivery results? If that’s the case, it’s probably…
How to Turn Your Daily (Status Update) Meetings into Outcome-Driven Events
Your daily call is not and should not be a status update meeting. Trust me when I say that if the purpose of your calls is to get a status report, you run the risk of drastically impacting your improvement…
How to Align Your Team With Your Business Objectives
Where do you see your company in 5 years? What are your strategic goals and long-term plans? As Michael Hyatt says, “If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don’t have a clear…
The Sustainable Predictability Maturity Model: 5 Stages of Awareness
Nave is all about bringing awareness to the state of your delivery workflows. The sole goal that we have is to provide a level of transparency that helps managers continuously uncover what’s hindering their team performance. We strive to give…
How to Leverage Your Kanban Analytics in 4 Steps
How can you leverage your Kanban analytics to make the most out of your improvement efforts? Is there an approach that will enable you to continuously realize business outcomes using your past performance data? Yes, there is! And today, I’m…
How Much Data Do You Need to Make Reliable Delivery Predictions?
There are some questions that I get asked pretty much every single day. How much data do we need to make reliable delivery predictions? What if we don’t currently have any historical data? What if we have plenty of data,…
Achieving Sustainable Predictability Chapter 4: Setting and Managing Reliable Delivery Commitments
In this 4-part series, we’re going to take you through a sneak-peek into the realm of achieving sustainable predictability. In the third chapter, we talked about how to use data-driven decision making to improve your business outcomes. Today, I’d like…
Achieving Sustainable Predictability Chapter 3: How to Use Data-Driven Decision Making to Improve Your Business Outcomes
In this 4-part series, we’re going to take you through a sneak-peek into the realm of achieving sustainable predictability. In the second chapter, we talked about how you can get more done with less effort and how this strategy actually…
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.