Lean Thinking

Continuous Improvement and Quality Control: The Difference

By |November 13th, 2019|

For businesses to ensure longevity, they need to continuously satisfy customers. But customer satisfaction has been more difficult to target in the past decade because of the rise in competition, globalization, and technology. Companies can’t rest on their laurels thinking that their customers will always go back to them.

Make the Most of Scrum with Kanban Classes of Service

By |November 12th, 2019|

As more Scrum Masters and project management professionals recognize the benefits of using Scrum with Kanban, more of its core concepts, principles, and practices are being embraced and applied. More Scrum teams appreciate how Kanban metrics such as WIP limits, cycle times, and WIP Age help them be attuned

How Poor Planning Can Lead to Project Failure

By |October 30th, 2019|

Benjamin Franklin said it best, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Planning is critical to any project's success. Poor project planning is like letting your soldiers go to battle without any armor or weapon to use. It’s like going in the project blindly and still hoping

Good Failure vs. Bad Failure

By |October 22nd, 2019|

Every business strives to succeed. After all, we’re in business to make a profit. But there is no straightforward formula that will guarantee business success. There are times that we will fail and it's inevitable. Traditional companies would shy away from failure as if it isn’t in their vocabulary.

How Scrum Masters Are Using Kanban to Improve Scrum

By |October 9th, 2019|

If you’re a seasoned Scrum practitioner, you’ve most likely witnessed horrific implementations of Scrum throughout your consulting career. Some organizations go gung-ho on “doing Scrum.” All their messages, training programs, and campaigns scream Agile. But when you look closely, they seem to be putting on a show or what

How to Fight the Akrasia Effect and Follow Through

By |October 8th, 2019|

Your success rate is highly reliant on your preparation. Remember this. I’ll get back to this a bit later. The human mind is a curious thing. Most simply put, it consists of two main areas: one associated with emotions and another with abstract reasoning. And you guessed it,