Kanban and Scrum: Their Similarities and When to Use Them
Scrum + Kanban, Sittin’ in a Tree… It’s a shame that parallel lines never meet. They have so much in common! – Anonymous If you’re here, you’re likely a Kanban fan. And do you also have Scrum in your shop? Scrum and Kanban have a lot in common and
Why You Should Implement an Efficient Workflow Visualization
While brainstorming with my team on how to implement our change management process, I found myself drawing our workflow. Nobody told me to do it. Nobody stopped me either. I drew boxes on the whiteboard to represent each step and linked those boxes through arrows as we identified the
6 Tips on Planning Effective Stand-up Meetings
One of the main ceremonies of Scrum is the Daily Stand-up Meeting or Daily Scrum. Daily stand-up meetings originated in software development but it’s no surprise if you’ll hear your sales, marketing, operations, or support teams having them. Because of its benefits, daily stand-up meetings have been happening outside
Top 5 Emerging Project Management Trends in 2021
2020 rocked all businesses to its core. The events of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed companies to rethink the way they do business. If 2020’s theme was survival, I believe 2021’s theme is regaining momentum. The majority of businesses have started their efforts to bounce back before 2020 closed.
Mental Agility and Business Agility: Everything You Need to Know To Create a Resilient Organization
When leaders ask me "Will Kanban or the Scrum framework work here?", the most important thing I want to address is the leader's implicit premise that the framework will be getting better outcomes than in other competing companies. There is also something that needs to be considered here… Is
Why You Should Adopt Agile Now More Than Ever
A time of crisis is a time of turbulence, constant changes, and continuous adaptation. And during this time, we can learn a lot from the Agile methodology to get through and survive a crisis. When quick decisions are demanded left and right, companies need to stay nimble but grounded
