Our Christmas Wish For You!
It’s that time of the year once again. As we celebrate the close of one year and look towards the beginning of a new one, we’re all inclined to make a little bit of a recap. It’s a fresh new…
You Should Never Resort to Story Point Estimation Again
Story point estimation is a widely known technique that Scrum teams use to plan their work. However, this approach is not objective and has the potential to hinder your performance. There’s a very simple explanation that we can use to…
Why Your Performance Will Decline If You Don’t Stop Moving Cards Backward on Your Kanban Board
Moving cards backward on your Kanban board is one of the most common antipatterns that agile teams practice. And often, the negative effect it has on your productivity is not obvious. If a card doesn’t meet the criteria from the…
How to Reduce the Impact of Blockers on Your Delivery Times by Using Blocker Clustering
Managing blockers effectively is the first step towards revealing the obstacles that cause delays and hinder your delivery speed. One of the practices that drive continuous improvement is blocker clustering. The blocker clustering technique enables you to track the impact…
3 Strategies to Help Your Team Embrace Flow Metrics
When it comes to achieving predictability, it’s the collaborative effort that brings everything together to deliver sustainable results. Sustainable predictability comes with effective management of the flow of work. You need to manage your workflows effectively to be able to…
4 Strategies to Augment Efficiency When Managing a Remote Team
As it becomes more common for companies to operate virtually, we are learning more about the challenges of managing a remote team and how it impacts our employees. But, even if working from home is new to your organization, remote…
A Big Thank You from Nave!
It’s been a busy year for us here at Nave, so it’s time to let our hair down, have some fun & celebrate the end of a successful year. But, none of it would have been possible without your trust…
The Art of Effective Management: Trust, Respect, Appreciation
I would like to tell you a story. I want to tell you a story that repeats itself very often. In an environment where there is no concept of flow and work gets pushed onto teams expectations become unrealistic. When the…
User Stories: Delivering Value, One Piece at a Time
Understanding what you are working on, and more importantly why you are working on it, is at the heart of business success. User stories play a central role in bridging the gap between the customer and the delivery team while…
5 Drivers of Sustainable Team Engagement
An engaged and enthusiastic team stands behind every thriving business. Supporting an environment of a strong organizational culture where people feel trusted, respected and valued is a recipe for success. Unfortunately, not all businesses recognize this. Figures from Gallup suggest…
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.
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