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Dependency Management example: Kanban in an advertising agency

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Explore the dependency management example in Kanban with an illustrative Kanban implementation in an advertising agency. Lots of professionals struggle…

Jan 25, 2023

One Important Planning Question

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December. Here we go again! The best scheduled, the most organized month each year, where end success is dependent on…

Dec 01, 2021

Seven Lessons About Dependency Management

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Why is it that organizations using Agile methods such as Scrum and SAFe struggle with and suffer anxiety over dependency management, while it is largely a non-issue for organizations using the Kanban Method?

Nov 03, 2020

Scheduling work in Kanban with Dynamic Reservation Systems

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Reservation systems have been observed in Kanban implementations since 2008. They are used immediately upstream of a delivery kanban system, to indicate the desired start date of the request for work (a work item).

Nov 03, 2020

Tyranny of the Timebox Revisited

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Over the past 15 years, I have observed that managing dependencies has been a constant source of anxiety and a huge challenge for organizations adopting Agile methods. Meanwhile, dependency management has largely been a non-issue for organizations using the Kanban Method.

Oct 13, 2020

Hiding in plain sight: the everyday concept that can turbocharge your Kanban

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Understanding what stands behind Classes of Service, even in their simplest form, gives people the Archimedes’ “eureka!” moment and opens new options for further discussion about improvements.

Aug 11, 2020