"We are already Lean/Agile" - Really?
A diagnostic for organizations that think they are already agile. True lean/agile is more than Scrum sprints and Kanban boards — it requires a functioning improvement engine and culture.
A diagnostic for organizations that think they are already agile. True lean/agile is more than Scrum sprints and Kanban boards — it requires a functioning improvement engine and culture.
Managing by exception with a visual board: surfacing only what needs attention rather than reviewing every work item. A simple practice that dramatically improves flow.
Connecting team developmental modes (forming/storming/norming/performing) to the RightShifting model — how teams progress from process-oriented to performance-oriented and what Kanban enables.
A lean-Kanban approach to team organization: focusing on flow, eliminating hand-offs, and designing teams around the work rather than around functional specialties.
Fair process — transparency, voice, and clear rationale for decisions — is essential for agile to work outside the team level. Applying it at portfolio and leadership levels.
An early interview on Agile and Kanban: how Kanban complements rather than competes with Scrum, and why flow-based thinking is the missing piece in most agile implementations.