Optimizing individuals’ idle time contradicts the optimization of the flow of work. The cornerstone of achieving predictable delivery systems is aligning teams’ capability with business demand. The most efficient way to get things done is to only start as much…

Limiting work in progress is a commonly-used activity practiced by countless Agile teams. And it is the most effective tool you could possibly use to create a strong, clear focus for your team and dramatically improve your delivery speed. However,…

More and more Scrum teams realize the benefits of adopting Kanban to manage their work more effectively. And the benefits are countless. Adopting practices from both worlds is a very effective strategy, which provides many businesses with an unprecedented competitive…

If an item is blocked for weeks, do you keep it in the same column and allow it to occupy the WIP in that column, or is it more convenient to move it to a dedicated Kanban blocked column? Back…

Let’s talk about building our credibility for a moment. What does it take to build our reputation as professionals? Can we and our teams commit to a delivery scope or delivery date that we could actually meet? Do we have…

What is the main prerequisite to enabling sustainable predictability and making reliable delivery forecasts? Is it to slice your stories into even pieces? Or, you’ll probably need to have a ton of data to base your delivery prediction on. Not…

Managing people does not lead to improvements in your delivery performance. This is due to one simple reason – time spent at a desk doesn’t necessarily translate into productive time. Productivity should, first and foremost, be assessed in terms of…