The Right Way to Design a Kanban Board by Vikas Agarwal
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We would like to share an interesting article from Vikas Agarwal an Agile Coach and Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT).
Failure Modes in Kanban
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With more than a decade of observations and experience from around the world and across a broad spectrum of industries,…
KMM 1.3 Updates to the Managed Evolution poster
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In the first half of 2022, we introduced updates to the Practice Map Poster clustering all transition sub-level practices with…
Change Might be Just Around the Corner
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We know that Kanban can be overwhelming! If you feel that way too, start with implementing one of the first rules: do it slowly, approach it in an evolutionary manner: Small steps, one by one.
We don´t need to evolve
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I´ve been studying evolutionary theory recently, and how it applies to non-biological entities, such as buildings and businesses. This is the first of what will probably be a short series of blog posts providing new, or deeper insights into the application of evolutionary change in organizations.
Kanban Maturity Model – Run the Engine of Change (Practices Map)
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Developing the desired culture of your company and achieving greater business outcome requires actions, effective actions. Therefore, we lead organizational change with values and we apply appropriate Kanban practices to make culture stay and demonstrate higher customer satisfaction.
Grey squirrel invasion. Lesson 1 in the Kanban Coach’s Evolutionary Change Playbook
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Implementing Kanban, we should treat the organization as habitat to slowly and patiently take over, allowing current structures, traditions, policies to coexist.
Accountability – the magic ingredient for business agility & resilience
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In a low maturity market, a lack of leadership is often cited as the reason behind poor customer service, unpredictable, untrustworthy service delivery, and a lack of speed, agility, and effectiveness. However, what we see is a lack of accountability.
Kanban Maturity Model – Start Change With Heart
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Use the Kanban Maturity Model to make your Agile initiative desirable through Culture, feasible through Practices, viable through Outcomes and Managed Evolution.
Organizational Culture & the Kanban Maturity Model
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The KMM is build on the belief that desirable outcomes follow practice adoption, that practice adoption can only ever follow culture, and that culture adapts to practiced values. Therefore, all change must be driven first and foremost through adoption of values.
Process improvement, Kanban and KMM
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Having the definitions of several or all organizational processes allows to unify and integrate the necessary infrastructure, such as tools, templates, information repositories, internal training materials, standard reports, etc.
The Kanban Maturity Model Story Part 1: Appropriateness
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You don’t sell evolutionary change to a revolutionary leader. Generally, you don’t sell evolutionary change to the impatient, and those in a hurry, with a perceived deadline.